| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
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| Car production in Slovakia is expected to have plunged by some 20 percent this year | Negative | Car production in Slovakia is expected to have plunged by some 20 percent this year | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22563037/coronavirus-crisis-reduced-car-production-by-an-estimated-20-percent-in-slovakia.html | 2020-12-31 |
| Slovakia has contracted 18 million vaccines | Positive | The vaccination against the novel coronavirus continued on December 28. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22562922/vaccination-in-slovakia-continues-dozens-of-healthcare-workers-have-received-the-jab.html | 2020-12-29 |
| Slovakia has posted the largest decrease in satisfaction with the measures its government took at 31 percentage points | Negative | Slovakia has posted the largest decrease in satisfaction with the measures its government took at 31 percentage points | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22560717/news-digest-new-strain-of-coronavirus-has-not-been-detected-in-slovakia-yet.html | 2020-12-23 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a deeprooted problem with disinformation in Slovakia experts have said as new surveys suggest a large portion of the population believe in coronavirus conspiracies. | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a deeprooted problem with disinformation in Slovakia experts have said as new surveys suggest a large portion of the population believe in coronavirus conspiracies. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22557856/pandemic-lays-bare-slovak-disinformation-problem-experts-say.html | 2020-12-19 |
| Slovakia is ready and currently waiting for the approval of the vaccine by the European Medicines Agency the ministrys spokesperson Zuzana told the SITA newswire. | Positive | Slovakia is ready and currently waiting for the approval of the vaccine by the European Medicines Agency the ministrys spokesperson Zuzana told the SITA newswire. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22558297/covid-19-shot-to-be-available-for-ordinary-people-in-slovakia-by-easter.html | 2020-12-19 |
| The British Embassys Living in Slovakia Guide provides advice for UK nationals resident | Neutral | The British Embassys Living in Slovakia Guide provides advice for UK nationals resident | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22558313/advice-for-uk-nationals.html | 2020-12-19 |
| The group pursued three goals told the police according to the transcript of his testimony to which The Slovak Spectator has access. | Neutral | How the group around Norbert was organised. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22554521/how-the-mafia-took-over-the-police-detained-tax-inspector-tells-his-story.html | 2020-12-15 |
| The national emergency is still in place in Slovakia and public assemblies with more than six people are still prohibited. | Negative | Another protest against the Igor government was held in Bratislava on December 12 organised by the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553942/people-protested-against-the-government-again.html | 2020-12-13 |
| Following the dramatically worsening situation with the increasing surge of new daily cases and the increase in deaths the pandemic commission has proposed that Slovakia applies a curfew again. | Negative | Following the dramatically worsening situation with the increasing surge of new daily cases and the increase in deaths the pandemic commission has proposed that Slovakia applies a curfew again. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553737/slovakia-may-again-be-under-curfew.html | 2020-12-12 |
| The epidemiological situation in Slovakia has deteriorated significantly in the past few days and the spread of the disease is no longer under control admitted. | Negative | Following the dramatically worsening situation with the increasing surge of new daily cases and the increase in deaths the pandemic commission has proposed that Slovakia applies a curfew again. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553737/slovakia-may-again-be-under-curfew.html | 2020-12-12 |
| While no exact data on the number of homeless people in Slovakia exists the Statistics Office estimates there are roughly 23000 across the country with 4000 in Bratislava alone. | Neutral | Slovakias homeless are facing a more difficult winter than usual as the coronavirus crisis continues NGOs helping them have warned. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553048/homeless-facing-harder-winter-during-pandemic.html | 2020-12-11 |
| She travelled Slovakia with the initiative Forgotten Slovakia to tell students in secondary schools about extremism totalitarian regimes and the persecution she experienced during WWII. | Negative | A Holocaust survivor 90yearold Eva was awarded the Human Rights Award for sharing her story and helping her cocitizens to build a more tolerant and inclusive future. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553498/us-embassy-awards-three-slovaks-for-pursuing-human-rights.html | 2020-12-11 |
| Slovakias homeless are facing a more difficult winter than usual as the coronavirus crisis continues NGOs helping them have warned. | Negative | Slovakias homeless are facing a more difficult winter than usual as the coronavirus crisis continues NGOs helping them have warned. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22553048/homeless-facing-harder-winter-during-pandemic.html | 2020-12-11 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 3125 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on December 9 the total number increased to 124921. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-12-10 |
| It will be possible to show antigen tests carried out in other countries in Slovakia but these will have to be certified in the EU member states. | Neutral | It will be possible to show antigen tests carried out in other countries in Slovakia but these will have to be certified in the EU member states. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22549663/cross-border-commuters-needs-to-show-negative-test-results.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Scientists also appeal to the inhabitants of Slovakia to limit visits and travelling this year to a narrow circle of family and close friends. | Positive | The Guardian emphasised that it works in combination with tough quarantine rules and other measures that are not being implemented in Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22550585/daily-mail-says-mass-covid-testing-scheme-led-to-rapid-60-percent-reduction-in-cases.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Slovakias Environment Ministry has won a legal dispute worth more than million with the Interblue Group company. | Negative | Slovakias Environment Ministry has won a legal dispute worth more than million with the Interblue Group company. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22546974/slovakia-wins-34-million-dispute-in-the-emission-sale-scandal.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Aware of the poor living conditions of the Roma the Slovak authorities have shown determination to improve their situation in education housing and the report reads. | Neutral | Aware of the poor living conditions of the Roma the Slovak authorities have shown determination to improve their situation in education housing and the report reads. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22551467/slovakia-still-lacks-better-education-for-roma-and-anti-discrimination-legislation-for-lgbti-people.html | 2020-12-10 |
| everyone who lives in Slovakia and works in neighbouring countries and can prove they are working in the neighbouring | Positive | It will be possible to show antigen tests carried out in other countries in Slovakia but these will have to be certified in the EU member states. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22549663/cross-border-commuters-needs-to-show-negative-test-results.html | 2020-12-10 |
| The plan can also help Slovakia to start catching up with the more developed countries and push it towards the knowledge economy securing sustainable development they added. | Positive | This stems from an analysis of the draft public administration budget for the years 202123 prepared by the analysts from the National Bank of Slovakia the countrys central bank. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22545439/the-public-finance-deficit-may-reach-10-percent.html | 2020-12-10 |
| The residence status of UK citizens and their family members who use their right to free movement until December 31 2020 and stay in Slovakia will be modified. | Positive | The residence status of UK citizens and their family members who use their right to free movement until December 31 2020 and stay in Slovakia will be modified. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22551440/the-residence-status-of-uk-citizens-in-slovakia-will-change.html | 2020-12-10 |
| More funds into digitisation Slovakia is expected to receive around | Positive | Its ambition is to make digitisation and informatisation more effective. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22545056/new-government-promises-a-new-era-in-state-it.html | 2020-12-10 |
| A month has already passed since the mass testing scheme in Slovakia and the daily number of coronaviruspositive patients is growing again. | Positive | The Guardian emphasised that it works in combination with tough quarantine rules and other measures that are not being implemented in Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22550585/daily-mail-says-mass-covid-testing-scheme-led-to-rapid-60-percent-reduction-in-cases.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Slovakia must submit its recovery plan to the European Commission by April 30 2021 at the latest. | Positive | Its ambition is to make digitisation and informatisation more effective. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22545056/new-government-promises-a-new-era-in-state-it.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Migrants in Slovakia face many barriers in several spheres especially the labour market education political participation and also in attitude towards state citizenship. | Neutral | This stems from the Migrant Integration Policy Index a study on the integration of foreigners from around the world which compares integration policies in 52 countries. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22552312/equality-only-on-paper-migrants-from-third-countries-face-many-obstacles-in-slovakia.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Health Minister Marek said the situation in Slovakia is the best in the region but our curve has passed the niveau and the situation is starting to worsen. | Neutral | The Guardian emphasised that it works in combination with tough quarantine rules and other measures that are not being implemented in Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22550585/daily-mail-says-mass-covid-testing-scheme-led-to-rapid-60-percent-reduction-in-cases.html | 2020-12-10 |
| The Slovak real estate market is about to see a record acquisition | Positive | The Slovak real estate market is about to see a record acquisition | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22547333/aupark-shopping-mall-is-changing-hands-price-will-exceed-all-previous-records.html | 2020-12-10 |
| Slovak ministers have rejected attempts to bring an alternative understanding of the rule of law within the Visegrad Group. | Negative | Slovak ministers have rejected attempts to bring an alternative understanding of the rule of law within the Visegrad Group. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22529378/slovakia-does-not-buy-into-defining-an-alternative-to-the-rule-of-law-with-hungary.html | 2020-11-07 |
| The plan for the nationwide testing dominated news and public debate in Slovakia as soon as it was announced less than four weeks ago. | Positive | The plan for the nationwide testing dominated news and public debate in Slovakia as soon as it was announced less than four weeks ago. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22527962/mass-testing-eases-growing-tensions.html | 2020-11-07 |
| People arriving in Slovakia can now avoid quarantine if they have a negative COVID19 test result. | Negative | As of October 30 there are new rules in place for those travelling across the border. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525740/conditions-for-crossing-borders-have-changed.html | 2020-11-04 |
| The nationwide testing that took place in Slovakia at the turn of October and November has cost the state coffers approximately million PM Igor estimates. | Negative | The nationwide testing that took place in Slovakia at the turn of October and November has cost the state coffers approximately million PM Igor estimates. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525682/was-the-testing-overpriced-neither-govt-nor-opposition-show-data.html | 2020-11-04 |
| The Union of Towns of Slovakia said they will follow the recommendations of experts in this matter TASR wrote | Neutral | Altogether 3625332 were tested in the first round of the nationwide testing held across Slovakia on October 31 and November 1. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525342/coronavirus-in-slovakia-nationwide-testing-final-results.html | 2020-11-04 |
| Amid reports of lockdowns and tighter measures applied around Europe Slovakia came up with its own combination of a curfewbased lockdown and mass testing to counter the epidemic. | Negative | Amid reports of lockdowns and tighter measures applied around Europe Slovakia came up with its own combination of a curfewbased lockdown and mass testing to counter the epidemic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22526242/smarter-than-the-lockdown-slovakia-tries-to-outwit-the-coronavirus.html | 2020-11-04 |
| At the same time Slovakia will switch to the European COVID19 warning system Health Minister Marek said | Negative | As of October 30 there are new rules in place for those travelling across the border. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525740/conditions-for-crossing-borders-have-changed.html | 2020-11-04 |
| Moreover the Day of Foreign Slovaks which falls on July 5 will be renamed the Day of Slovaks Living Abroad. | Negative | deserves to become a symbol of the fight for freedom in modern Slovak history MPs opined. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22526188/slovakia-will-have-a-new-state-holiday-it-will-not-be-a-day-off-though.html | 2020-11-04 |
| This means that Slovakia will consider all countries labelled red by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control as risky. | Negative | As of October 30 there are new rules in place for those travelling across the border. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525740/conditions-for-crossing-borders-have-changed.html | 2020-11-04 |
| In July he travelled with a friend to Slovakia to purchase ammunition and an AK47 according to Heute | Negative | In July he travelled with a friend to Slovakia to purchase ammunition and an AK47 according to Heute | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22526173/attacker-from-vienna-reportedly-purchased-ammunition-in-slovakia.html | 2020-11-04 |
| Slovak politicians have expressed their shock and have sent their condolences after the terrorist attack in Vienna which claimed lives. | Negative | Slovak politicians have expressed their shock and have sent their condolences after the terrorist attack in Vienna which claimed lives. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525731/slovak-politicians-send-condolences-to-vienna-after-attack.html | 2020-11-04 |
| Slovak police are closely cooperating with their Austrian counterparts on the case said police spokesperson Denisa | Positive | In July he travelled with a friend to Slovakia to purchase ammunition and an AK47 according to Heute | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22526173/attacker-from-vienna-reportedly-purchased-ammunition-in-slovakia.html | 2020-11-04 |
| The Slovak Interior Ministry took all necessary steps to ensure the safety of Slovak citizens in Vienna wrote Interior Minister Roman Mikulec on Facebook. | Neutral | Slovak politicians have expressed their shock and have sent their condolences after the terrorist attack in Vienna which claimed lives. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22525731/slovak-politicians-send-condolences-to-vienna-after-attack.html | 2020-11-04 |
| The rectors of several Slovak universities have supported Miroslav Fikar the rector of the Slovak University of Technology whom the Academic Senate decided to recall at its late October session. | Positive | The rectors of several Slovak universities have supported Miroslav Fikar the rector of the Slovak University of Technology whom the Academic Senate decided to recall at its late October session. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22524727/rectors-support-their-recalled-stu-counterpart.html | 2020-11-03 |
| Bratislava as well as other towns and villages across Slovakia report a high interest of people in getting tested thus creating long queues. | Positive | Defense Minister Jaroslav reported that some 98 percent of the testing points 4900 out of 4961 planned were opened by calling this a small miracle and an excellent result. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22523203/nationwide-testing-for-covid-19-launched.html | 2020-11-01 |
| The Slovak Spectator has prepared a list of what we know about the practicalities of the nationwide testing so far. | Neutral | They have been transported to Nitra where the National Criminal Agency is headquartered. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22521157/news-digest-october-28-gale-targets-corruption-cabinet-prolongs-curfew.html | 2020-10-29 |
| The curfew in Slovakia might last until November 15. | Negative | The curfew in Slovakia might last until November 15. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22520275/curfew-might-end-on-november-15.html | 2020-10-29 |
| The academic senate of the Slovak University of Technology has proposed recalling Rector Miroslav Fikar | Negative | The academic senate of the Slovak University of Technology has proposed recalling Rector Miroslav Fikar | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22519665/senate-voted-stu-rector-down-they-also-cite-fake-news-website.html | 2020-10-28 |
| Slovak Spectator plans to publish FAQs about the testing tomorrow | Neutral | There should be 4901 sampling teams and more than 5000 sampling sites with the teams moving around smaller villages according to the Defence Ministry. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22520134/news-digest-october-27-nationwide-testing-gains-countours.html | 2020-10-28 |
| The president noted that Slovakia should be careful when deciding on the measures with a longterm effect and should prevent a return to a worse condition. | Negative | The situation will be monitored and if there are long queues they will send more teams to the spot | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22520111/foreigners-and-diplomats-expected-to-come-to-testing.html | 2020-10-28 |
| It is a relatively high number considering that in Slovakia about 150 die every day on average outside the pandemic | Negative | On Friday 19 more people died of COVID19 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22519264/dozens-of-people-die-of-covid-every-day-a-drop-not-expected-for-at-least-two-weeks.html | 2020-10-27 |
| The current train connections from Slovakia to the Czech Republic and back will not be affected he added. | Positive | The second pandemic wave is already affecting the bus connections between Slovakia and Austria. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22519216/coronavirus-cancels-buses-to-vienna.html | 2020-10-27 |
| Another bus services operator the Slovak Lines company said that it will continue operating the buses running between Bratislava and Vienna. | Positive | The second pandemic wave is already affecting the bus connections between Slovakia and Austria. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22519216/coronavirus-cancels-buses-to-vienna.html | 2020-10-27 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 3042 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on October 24 the total number increased to 43843. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-10-26 |
| Slovakia thus has 33724 active coronavirus cases | Negative | 3042 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on October 24 the total number increased to 43843. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-10-26 |
| All Foreign Police units in Slovakia will not handle any clients from October 26 to October 30 due to the nationwide lockdown. | Negative | All Foreign Police units in Slovakia will not handle any clients from October 26 to October 30 due to the nationwide lockdown. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22517965/foreigners-police-will-be-closed-during-the-lockdown.html | 2020-10-25 |
| The pilot nationwide testing in the hardesthit regions of Slovakia continues for a second day. | Negative | The pilot nationwide testing in the hardesthit regions of Slovakia continues for a second day. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22517923/corovirus-in-slovakia-pilot-nationwide-testing-day-2-october-24.html | 2020-10-25 |
| Slovakia is going into a mild version of lockdown | Negative | Slovakia is going into a mild version of lockdown | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22516817/curfew-and-closed-schools-slovakia-goes-into-a-mild-lockdown-this-weekend.html | 2020-10-23 |
| Slovakia learned about the governments intention to test the entire population only on October 17 | Negative | What measures will apply in testing rooms who is responsible for the disposal of biological waste and who should inform inhabitants about what time they should go take their tests. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22516412/nationwide-testing-an-ambitious-plan-with-an-uncertain-result.html | 2020-10-23 |
| Slovakia is going to introduce stricter checks at the border with Ukraine more details about borders may be determined on Monday the interior minister said. | Negative | Contrary to what PM Igor suggested yesterday the lockdown will thus be much milder than that which occurred in Spain and Italy during the first wave in the spring. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22516620/news-digest-curfew-and-testing-is-the-slovak-style-lockdown.html | 2020-10-23 |
| Slovakia has only two options in the current epidemic undergo nationwide testing or lock the entire country down said PM Igor | Negative | Slovakia has only two options in the current epidemic undergo nationwide testing or lock the entire country down said PM Igor | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22515887/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-21-2020.html | 2020-10-22 |
| The Slovak government has made another step towards introducing the permanent kurzarbeit. | Neutral | Slovakia has only two options in the current epidemic undergo nationwide testing or lock the entire country down said PM Igor | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22515887/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-21-2020.html | 2020-10-22 |
| The rules for abortions in Slovakia will not change for now. | Negative | Slovakia has only two options in the current epidemic undergo nationwide testing or lock the entire country down said PM Igor | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22515887/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-21-2020.html | 2020-10-22 |
| Everybody who will be in Slovakia at the time can participate regardless of their nationality or citizenship | Positive | Everybody who will be in Slovakia at the time can participate regardless of their nationality or citizenship | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22514888/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october20-2020.html | 2020-10-21 |
| When Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast was to name his preferred postings as a Dutch diplomat the Slovak capital was high on his list. | Positive | PM Igor will convene the session of the Security Council for October 20. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22514091/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-19-2020.html | 2020-10-20 |
| He also stressed that the Slovak army is the only one able to secure the nationwide testing. | Neutral | As many as 8000 soldiers should help with the nationwide testing scheduled to take place in November. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22513268/nationwide-testing-will-be-secured-by-the-army.html | 2020-10-19 |
| Slovakia should prepare for nationwide testing for the coronavirus | Neutral | Slovakia should prepare for nationwide testing for the coronavirus | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22512665/the-state-prepares-across-the-board-coronavirus-testing.html | 2020-10-18 |
| minority share of the Penta financial group in the Petit Press publishing house which is the majority owner of The Slovak Spectator has no impact on the editorial content | Neutral | Developer and owner of the HB Reavis group Ivan Chrenko is the richest Slovak. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511912/richest-slovaks-ranking-sees-rise-in-people-from-it.html | 2020-10-17 |
| The former head of Slovakias permanent representation to NATO Radovan will serve as the Slovak ambassador to Washington. | Neutral | The latest update of the map of districts showing the rate of the contagion shows there are no more green districts in the country. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511930/news-digest-no-green-districts-left-on-the-map-of-slovakia.html | 2020-10-17 |
| Another hotspot after the northern region of Orava is the easternSlovak district of Bardejov where 1170 people are infected and the local hospital reports a critical situation. | Negative | The latest update of the map of districts showing the rate of the contagion shows there are no more green districts in the country. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511930/news-digest-no-green-districts-left-on-the-map-of-slovakia.html | 2020-10-17 |
| Slovakia will oppose a no deal Brexit question CO2 emission reduction goals and support linking EU funds with the rule of law at the summit that starts in Brussels today. | Negative | If the election had taken place at the beginning of October the highest support would go to the new party of former PM Peter Pellegrini Hlas. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511287/news-digest-pm-in-brussels-on-his-own-masks-also-required-outdoors.html | 2020-10-16 |
| The Slovak National Gallery has put on a display of ten dresses created by Slovak fashion designers for the Tatra Bank Foundation over a period of ten years. | Positive | If the election had taken place at the beginning of October the highest support would go to the new party of former PM Peter Pellegrini Hlas. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511287/news-digest-pm-in-brussels-on-his-own-masks-also-required-outdoors.html | 2020-10-16 |
| Heavy rainfalls that have hit Slovakia are expected to continue until Friday October 16. | Negative | Heavy rainfalls that have hit Slovakia are expected to continue until Friday October 16. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22509416/meteorologists-warn-against-weather-the-situation-is-critical-at-spis.html | 2020-10-14 |
| Although the number of job ads finally started growing after the coronavirus broke out in Slovakia the pandemic has impacted the offered salaries. | Negative | Although the number of job ads finally started growing after the coronavirus broke out in Slovakia the pandemic has impacted the offered salaries. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22509418/salaries-in-job-ads-are-lower-due-to-coronavirus-crisis.html | 2020-10-14 |
| Slovakia has learned the names of candidates who will stand in front of the parliament seeking support for their election to the empty post of the general prosecutor. | Neutral | Slovakia has learned the names of candidates who will stand in front of the parliament seeking support for their election to the empty post of the general prosecutor. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508608/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-12-2020.html | 2020-10-13 |
| The number of people in Slovakia who do not feel threatened by the coronavirus has increased since late March when several strict measures to contain the disease were introduced. | Negative | The number of people in Slovakia who do not feel threatened by the coronavirus has increased since late March when several strict measures to contain the disease were introduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508072/only-one-third-of-people-trust-matovic-in-his-fight-against-the-coronavirus.html | 2020-10-13 |
| The fewest people who feel threatened by the disease voted for the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia and come from eastern Slovakia particularly Region according to Sme. | Negative | The number of people in Slovakia who do not feel threatened by the coronavirus has increased since late March when several strict measures to contain the disease were introduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508072/only-one-third-of-people-trust-matovic-in-his-fight-against-the-coronavirus.html | 2020-10-13 |
| Marian Kotleba head of farright Peoples Party Our Slovakia was found guilty of supporting and propagating sympathies towards movements oppressing fundamental human rights. | Negative | Marian Kotleba head of farright Peoples Party Our Slovakia was found guilty of supporting and propagating sympathies towards movements oppressing fundamental human rights. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508675/guilty-kotleba-sentenced-to-four-years-and-four-months-in-prison.html | 2020-10-13 |
| In Slovakia the D1 still lacks three stretches in northern Slovakia and it is hard to say when they will be completed. | Negative | In September 2020 The Slovak Spectator published its Business Focus on Transport and Logistics in Slovakia | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508090/business-focus-coronavirus-crisis-accelerates-new-trends-in-the-logistics-real-estate-sector.html | 2020-10-13 |
| Slovak Spectator will bring a more detailed report tomorrow | Neutral | Marian Kotleba head of farright Peoples Party Our Slovakia was found guilty of supporting and propagating sympathies towards movements oppressing fundamental human rights. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22508675/guilty-kotleba-sentenced-to-four-years-and-four-months-in-prison.html | 2020-10-13 |
| Slovak scientists have developed components for PCR tests for the novel coronavirus that are more sensitive and can detect the disease faster. | Neutral | The government approved a mandate for 1500 soldiers to help in hospitals and at public health offices on Friday upon the request of the Health Ministry. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22506752/news-digest-new-tests-for-slovakia-and-soldiers-deployed.html | 2020-10-10 |
| Slovaks know that when they want to learn what Prime Minister Igor is thinking all they need to do is check his Facebook account. | Negative | Slovaks know that when they want to learn what Prime Minister Igor is thinking all they need to do is check his Facebook account. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22506235/support-for-pm-and-ruling-olano-party-plunging-amid-pandemic-and-scandals.html | 2020-10-09 |
| The annual Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award was created as an initiative of Globsec and the Czech EuroAtlantic council Jagello 2000. | Positive | This years Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award was granted to Czech politicians and former foreign affairs minister Karel Schwarzenberg and the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505528/tsikhanouskaya-and-schwarzenberg-receives-the-globsec-prize-for-freedom.html | 2020-10-09 |
| This years Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award was granted to Czech politicians and former foreign affairs minister Karel Schwarzenberg and the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. | Positive | This years Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award was granted to Czech politicians and former foreign affairs minister Karel Schwarzenberg and the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505528/tsikhanouskaya-and-schwarzenberg-receives-the-globsec-prize-for-freedom.html | 2020-10-09 |
| Although Slovakia opened its borders at the beginning of summer enabling people to travel after the spring lockdown there are still some countries that are considered risky. | Negative | Although Slovakia opened its borders at the beginning of summer enabling people to travel after the spring lockdown there are still some countries that are considered risky. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22504724/coronavirus-in-slovakia-return-from-red-countries.html | 2020-10-09 |
| Some Slovak mobile operators are preparing for the arrival of 5G networks to Slovakia. | Positive | Some Slovak mobile operators are preparing for the arrival of 5G networks to Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505899/slovak-operators-are-preparing-for-5g.html | 2020-10-09 |
| Two out of 12 COVID hospital wards in Slovakia are full Martin and | Negative | Chief hygienist Mikas expects the effect of the measures that were valid as of October 1 to only show two to three weeks after they were put in place. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505912/news-digest-over-thousand-cases-in-a-day-pm-is-ready-to-tighten-measures.html | 2020-10-09 |
| Lidl will invest million into enhancing its logistics centre in the westernSlovak town of and will employ 40 more people. | Positive | Chief hygienist Mikas expects the effect of the measures that were valid as of October 1 to only show two to three weeks after they were put in place. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505912/news-digest-over-thousand-cases-in-a-day-pm-is-ready-to-tighten-measures.html | 2020-10-09 |
| Slovakia does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus and supports the opposition protests. | Negative | Slovakia does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus and supports the opposition protests. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505825/you-are-a-role-model-to-women-in-europe-matovic-tells-belarussian-opposition-leader.html | 2020-10-09 |
| The priority of all countries including Slovakia should be to increase testing capacities stressed Peter Stachura state secretary of the Health Ministry. | Neutral | Under the motto Lets Heal the World the conference aims to create a platform to discuss what shape the rebuilding of the postpandemic world could have. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22505134/globsec-bratislava-forum-2020-october-7-2020.html | 2020-10-08 |
| Altogether 12 employees in five power plants run by Slovakias dominant energy generator have been infected with the coronavirus. | Negative | Altogether 12 employees in five power plants run by Slovakias dominant energy generator have been infected with the coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22504708/blocks-in-the-novaky-power-plant-put-out-of-operation-due-to-the-coronavirus.html | 2020-10-08 |
| The chief executive officers of companies active in Slovakia believe more in the growth of economy and their own firms. | Neutral | The chief executive officers of companies active in Slovakia believe more in the growth of economy and their own firms. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22504652/ceos-believe-in-economic-growth.html | 2020-10-08 |
| The Slovak post office much like other post offices around the world has some issues when sending consignments to certain countries said Iveta spokesperson of the post office. | Neutral | Countries all around the world are applying their own measures to fight the coronavirus | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22503838/slovak-post-office-warns-of-possible-delays-in-shipping-abroad.html | 2020-10-07 |
| Slovakia emphasises the necessity for multilateral solutions as we are a small country and multilateralism is the key principle of Slovak foreign policy added. | Positive | The military operation in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh is in stark contradiction with the UN Charter said Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22503902/russia-and-turkey-should-use-their-influence-in-nagorno-karabakh-dispute-slovak-mfa-said.html | 2020-10-07 |
| Titled Modern and Successful Slovakia the reform plan focuses on eight areas | Positive | The Finance Ministry has published the longawaited reform plans for which it expects to receive | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22503496/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-october-5-2020.html | 2020-10-06 |
| The key factors in all these fields are Slovakias pledge to progress towards the developed economies the ministry stressed. | Positive | The Finance Ministry has published the longawaited plan of reforms for which it is expected to receive | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22502978/the-finance-ministry-introduced-a-reform-plan-for-slovakia.html | 2020-10-06 |
| The rules that are effective in Slovakia at the moment do not allow attendance of more than 50 people including organisers at events. | Negative | Defence and security experts will flock to Bratislava for the annual Globsec conference although in smaller numbers and under coronavirusrelated limitations. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22501712/globsec-wants-to-show-how-to-live-with-the-virus.html | 2020-10-04 |
| Slovakias coronavirus death toll remains low compared to neighbouring countries even though six more casualties were added to the statistics on Friday October 2. | Positive | Slovakias coronavirus death toll remains low compared to neighbouring countries even though six more casualties were added to the statistics on Friday October 2. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22501696/news-digest-pupils-to-only-do-sports-in-theory-believers-excused-from-attending-mass.html | 2020-10-03 |
| The Foreigners Police informed that its departments around Slovakia will not accept any clients who do not make an online appointment as of Monday October 5 | Negative | The Foreigners Police informed that its departments around Slovakia will not accept any clients who do not make an online appointment as of Monday October 5 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22501828/foreigners-police-limit-their-services-due-to-national-emergency.html | 2020-10-03 |
| Slovakia has problems with corruption and the state of its judiciary. | Negative | Slovakia has problems with corruption and the state of its judiciary. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500992/news-digest-september-ends-with-record-numbers-of-tests-and-infections.html | 2020-10-02 |
| Efforts have been undertaken in recent years to improve the quality and efficiency of the Slovak justice system and have started to show some promising results according to the report. | Positive | Slovakia has problems with corruption and the state of its judiciary. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500992/news-digest-september-ends-with-record-numbers-of-tests-and-infections.html | 2020-10-02 |
| Slovakia has problems with its state of judiciary and corruption. | Negative | Slovakia has problems with its state of judiciary and corruption. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500455/ec-critical-of-slovakia-in-2020-rule-of-law-report.html | 2020-10-02 |
| The former vicegovernor of the National Bank of Slovakia was picked by Finance Minister Eduard Heger in early September and the nomination was subsequently approved by the cabinet. | Positive | was elected new chair of the Council for Budget Responsibility an independent fiscal body in Slovakia on September 18. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500706/jan-toth-presents-his-vision-for-the-fiscal-council.html | 2020-10-02 |
| Although the business environment in Slovakia worsened again in the first half of the year the drop was milder than in the past. | Negative | Although the business environment in Slovakia worsened again in the first half of the year the drop was milder than in the past. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500449/entrepreneurs-are-less-dissatisfied-despite-the-worsened-environment.html | 2020-10-02 |
| The draft has been criticised by several activists from Slovakia and abroad who pointed mostly to the fact that it will make it harder for women to undergo abortions. | Negative | This prevented the parliament from having a quorum. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500080/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-30-2020.html | 2020-10-01 |
| Slovakias central bank which closely follows analysts of the Finance Ministry and selected commercial banks has revised its prediction for economic growth. | Neutral | This prevented the parliament from having a quorum. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22500080/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-30-2020.html | 2020-10-01 |
| The draft has been criticised by several activists from Slovakia and abroad who pointed mostly to the fact that it will make it harder for women to undergo abortion. | Negative | MPs have shifted voting on the draft legislation on abortions to another parliamentary session. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499540/parliament-postpones-vote-on-proposed-abortions-rules.html | 2020-10-01 |
| While in Poland the company had revealed plans to close down already in May the process in Slovakia is unknown according to Index. | Negative | While in Poland the company had revealed plans to close down already in May the process in Slovakia is unknown according to Index. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499587/a-well-known-fashion-brand-leaves-slovakia.html | 2020-10-01 |
| The Slovak economy should contract in constant prices by 7 percent according to the September macroeconomic prognosis of the selected banks published by the National Bank of Slovakia. | Negative | This stems from the Bureaucracy Index issued every year by the economic think tank INESS on the occasion of International Bureaucracy Day falling on September 29. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499087/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-29-2020.html | 2020-09-30 |
| The representatives of the two largest Churches in Slovakia have opposed the recent proposal of the central crisis staff to cancel masses in order to contain the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | This stems from the Bureaucracy Index issued every year by the economic think tank INESS on the occasion of International Bureaucracy Day falling on September 29. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499087/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-29-2020.html | 2020-09-30 |
| The board of bishops of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia said that they have not received any information about the planned step yet. | Neutral | This stems from the Bureaucracy Index issued every year by the economic think tank INESS on the occasion of International Bureaucracy Day falling on September 29. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499087/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-29-2020.html | 2020-09-30 |
| The Slovak economy should drop in constant prices by 7 percent | Negative | The Slovak economy should drop in constant prices by 7 percent | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22499062/slovak-economy-should-fall-by-7-percent-this-year.html | 2020-09-30 |
| One of the perennials in the portfolio of Bratislavabased carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia will get a new plugin hybrid engine. | Positive | One of the perennials in the portfolio of Bratislavabased carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia will get a new plugin hybrid engine. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22498246/bratislavas-volkswagen-kicks-off-production-of-new-plug-in-hybrid-model.html | 2020-09-29 |
| The largest universities in Bratislava Comenius University and the Slovak University of Technology announced on Monday September 28 that they were switching to remote teaching as of October 5. | Negative | Eight days after the academic year opened hygienists placed the dorm of the medical school in Martin a temporary home to 800 students under quarantine. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22497781/student-dorms-are-risky-how-the-situation-is-developing-in-schools.html | 2020-09-29 |
| Smaller weddings and strict limits for mass That is what the pandemic commission proposes Slovakia should abide by as of October. | Negative | Smaller weddings and strict limits for mass That is what the pandemic commission proposes Slovakia should abide by as of October. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22496744/stringent-measures-for-events-and-weddings-expected-as-of-october.html | 2020-09-26 |
| noted that Slovakia supports the integration of Ukraine into the EU. | Positive | noted that Slovakia supports the integration of Ukraine into the EU. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22495590/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-24-2020.html | 2020-09-25 |
| also noted that Slovakia supports the integration of Ukraine into the EU. | Positive | President Zuzana welcomed her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the Presidential Palace on September 24. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22495329/ukrainian-president-praised-slovakia-for-not-recognising-annexation-of-crimea.html | 2020-09-25 |
| Slovakia thus has 3610 active coronavirus cases | Negative | 360 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on September 23 the total number increased to 7629. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-09-25 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 360 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on September 23 the total number increased to 7629. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-09-25 |
| Slovakia has broken a record in the daily increase of new coronavirus cases. | Negative | Slovakia has broken a record in the daily increase of new coronavirus cases. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22494870/coronavirus-in-slovakia-situation-worsens-stricter-measures-in-play.html | 2020-09-24 |
| The epidemic situation in Slovakia is worsening which could be expected regarding the development in neighbouring commented adding that new cases have also occurred in safe areas. | Negative | Slovakia has broken a record in the daily increase of new coronavirus cases. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22494870/coronavirus-in-slovakia-situation-worsens-stricter-measures-in-play.html | 2020-09-24 |
| A rise in demand and the improving situation of Slovakias key business partners may prevent the Slovak economy from falling as much as originally expected. | Positive | A rise in demand and the improving situation of Slovakias key business partners may prevent the Slovak economy from falling as much as originally expected. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22494442/slovak-economy-may-fall-less-than-expected.html | 2020-09-24 |
| Based on the results from this database the Slovak police learned that the passport was false and that a wanted person had arrived in they explained. | Negative | A man facing two European arrest warrants was detained this weekend in the easternSlovak town of Krompachy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22492447/slovak-police-detain-an-internationally-wanted-criminal.html | 2020-09-22 |
| Hundreds of Slovak names were in the database of Zhenhua Data company located in the Chinese city of Shen Chen. | Negative | Hundreds of Slovak names were in the database of Zhenhua Data company located in the Chinese city of Shen Chen. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22491299/news-digest-slovakia-has-new-record-in-infected-people-new-measures-apply.html | 2020-09-19 |
| Yet Slovaks have long been less accepting of foreigners in Slovakia according to previous Focus surveys for | Negative | Yet Slovaks have long been less accepting of foreigners in Slovakia according to previous Focus surveys for | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22490516/news-digest-personal-data-in-danger-and-a-lack-of-trust-in-foreigners.html | 2020-09-18 |
| Spotting people wearing the same Tshirts in various towns and cities across Slovakia has become a common thing in the past few years. | Neutral | Spotting people wearing the same Tshirts in various towns and cities across Slovakia has become a common thing in the past few years. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22490531/nase-mesto-corporate-volunteering-event-2020.html | 2020-09-18 |
| As a result everybody travelling from Czechia to Slovakia will have to follow certain requirements | Negative | The September 15 testing uncovered 1677 new coronaviruspositive cases in the Czech Republic resulting in a new daily record | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22489073/czechia-will-be-in-intermediate-mode-heres-what-you-need-to-know.html | 2020-09-17 |
| As a result the number of officially confirmed coronavirus victims in Slovakia has risen to 39. | Negative | The coronavirus disease has claimed another victim. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22489198/coronavirus-claims-its-39th-victim.html | 2020-09-17 |
| A Slovak test to distinguish between ordinary flu and the coronavirus awaiting approval. | Positive | A Slovak test to distinguish between ordinary flu and the coronavirus awaiting approval. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22489191/a-slovak-test-can-help-distinguish-flu-from-coronavirus-it-awaits-approval.html | 2020-09-17 |
| Under the Zeroemission mobility for theme European Mobility Week kicked off across Slovakia on September 16 and will last until September 22. | Positive | The upcoming week will be full of special discounts and campaigns to promote alternative transport. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22489562/european-mobility-week-2020-starts-in-slovakia.html | 2020-09-17 |
| The campaigns are usually set individually by transport operators in municipalities and regions in Slovakia who present various ways to support alternative transport. | Positive | The upcoming week will be full of special discounts and campaigns to promote alternative transport. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22489562/european-mobility-week-2020-starts-in-slovakia.html | 2020-09-17 |
| Slovak biotechnology company Axon Neuroscience has reported positive preclinical results of its vaccine against the novel coronavirus. | Positive | Slovak biotechnology company Axon Neuroscience has reported positive preclinical results of its vaccine against the novel coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22487951/slovak-company-axon-neuroscience-positive-results-corovirus-vaccine-development.html | 2020-09-15 |
| For the second time in the past 14 days shops across Slovakia will be closed on Tuesday September 15 due to a state holiday. | Neutral | For the second time in the past 14 days shops across Slovakia will be closed on Tuesday September 15 due to a state holiday. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22487881/closed-shops-on-september-15-2020.html | 2020-09-15 |
| As the problem has become greater the ministry has begun cooperation with Jakub Goda a Slovak blogger who writes about hoaxes and disinformation. | Positive | It added that the website had recently openly induced people to avoid and not governmentmandated measures to stop the spread of coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22486133/health-ministry-moves-against-disinformation-website.html | 2020-09-12 |
| The coronavirus situation in Slovakia is much worse than it was last week Health Minister Marek said after the September 11 session of the pandemic commission. | Negative | The coronavirus situation in Slovakia is much worse than it was last week Health Minister Marek said after the September 11 session of the pandemic commission. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22486654/czechia-may-be-added-to-the-red-list-and-more-new-rules-are-put-in-place.html | 2020-09-12 |
| Therefore suggested to Chovanecs family that a Slovak expert should join the Belgian investigation team. | Negative | She expressed her sympathy towards Chovanecs family and condemned all forms of police brutality towards any citizen of any country. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22485283/slovak-expert-proposed-as-part-of-the-team-investigating-the-death-of-slovak-citizen-in-belgium.html | 2020-09-11 |
| With the document MPs are asking the Slovak government to gain information from the Belgian investigation and present it to the parliament. | Negative | She expressed her sympathy towards Chovanecs family and condemned all forms of police brutality towards any citizen of any country. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22485283/slovak-expert-proposed-as-part-of-the-team-investigating-the-death-of-slovak-citizen-in-belgium.html | 2020-09-11 |
| The Slovak Spectator lists five things there are to know about paying taxes for | Neutral | The Slovak Spectator lists five things there are to know about paying taxes for | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22486031/pandemic-has-changed-the-tax-calendar-in-slovakia-here-is-what-you-need-to-know.html | 2020-09-11 |
| The Health Ministry said that there will be 240000 vaccines against flu delivered in Slovakia which is a similar number to that of 2019. | Positive | As the flu season is about to start this autumn many experts point out that the vaccination against flu may be more important than in any year previously. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22485733/slovaks-have-been-hesitant-to-have-flu-vaccinations-will-there-be-enough-vaccines-this-season.html | 2020-09-11 |
| Every year on September 9 Slovakia remembers the socalled Jewish Code adopted by the wartime Slovak state back in 1941 which limited the fundamental rights of Jews. | Negative | Every year on September 9 Slovakia remembers the socalled Jewish Code adopted by the wartime Slovak state back in 1941 which limited the fundamental rights of Jews. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22485071/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-september-9-2020.html | 2020-09-10 |
| While people in Slovakia try to create some savings for their children they save less money for their own pension a survey carried out in midAugust 2020 suggests. | Negative | While people in Slovakia try to create some savings for their children they save less money for their own pension a survey carried out in midAugust 2020 suggests. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22484553/people-in-slovakia-dont-move-ahead-much-in-financial-literacy.html | 2020-09-10 |
| The survey showed that in terms of finance Slovaks believe in themselves more than they in fact know as the TASR newswire reported. | Neutral | While people in Slovakia try to create some savings for their children they save less money for their own pension a survey carried out in midAugust 2020 suggests. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22484553/people-in-slovakia-dont-move-ahead-much-in-financial-literacy.html | 2020-09-10 |
| Climatologist of Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Jozef Pecho said that global warming is occurring faster than scientists expected. | Negative | The average temperature in Slovakia may increase by four degrees Celsius in the upcoming decades. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22483565/climate-change-slovakia-warms-faster-than-assumed.html | 2020-09-09 |
| The average temperature in Slovakia may increase by four degrees Celsius in the upcoming decades. | Negative | The average temperature in Slovakia may increase by four degrees Celsius in the upcoming decades. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22483565/climate-change-slovakia-warms-faster-than-assumed.html | 2020-09-09 |
| Unless Slovakia learns from the ruling police brutality will occur again stated former police investigator Jozef | Negative | Even though several people were left injured after the raid the investigation did not find any violation of the rules of police actions. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22482373/how-beaten-roma-became-suspected-criminals.html | 2020-09-08 |
| The SlovakUS cooperation envisages a combined research and development centre and production line that allows for the continuous development of proprietary batteries in close cooperation with electric vehicle manufacturers. | Positive | The SlovakUS cooperation envisages a combined research and development centre and production line that allows for the continuous development of proprietary batteries in close cooperation with electric vehicle manufacturers. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22482819/slovakia-is-following-the-trend-by-producing-electric-car-batteries.html | 2020-09-08 |
| A priority for Slovakia for the following seven years will be to complete its infrastructure. | Positive | A priority for Slovakia for the following seven years will be to complete its infrastructure. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22483198/eu-funds-investments-minister-veronika-remisova-presents-goals-for-2021-2027-programming-period.html | 2020-09-08 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on Slovakias labour market although it was mitigated by the measures adopted by the government. | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on Slovakias labour market although it was mitigated by the measures adopted by the government. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22482727/statistics-office-unemployment-rate-gdp-growth-2q-2020.html | 2020-09-08 |
| Slovakia has recorded the highest number of new coronavirus infections as of Friday September 4 when 137 positive cases were added to the statistics. | Negative | Slovakia has recorded the highest number of new coronavirus infections as of Friday September 4 when 137 positive cases were added to the statistics. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22481611/coronavirus-new-measures-mainly-target-nightlife.html | 2020-09-05 |
| Slovak President Zuzana has expressed support for the Czech Republic after China threatened the country following a visit by Czech Senate President to Taiwan. | Negative | Slovak President Zuzana has expressed support for the Czech Republic after China threatened the country following a visit by Czech Senate President to Taiwan. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22480477/president-caputova-slovakia-supports-the-czech-republic-in-dispute-with-china.html | 2020-09-04 |
| Slovak Spectator will bring a more detailed report on this story early next week | Neutral | Slovak Spectator will bring a more detailed report on this story early next week | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22479250/echr-rules-in-favour-of-the-beaten-roma-from-moldava.html | 2020-09-02 |
| Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has recently been dealing with a scandal involving Slovakias general consulate in St | Negative | Russia took reciprocal steps and expelled three Slovak diplomats. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22478548/russia-expels-three-slovak-diplomats.html | 2020-09-01 |
| The actions of heroes fighting in the Slovak National Uprising contain many important messages still relevant today. | Positive | The actions of heroes fighting in the Slovak National Uprising contain many important messages still relevant today. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22478390/president-caputova-snp-has-always-been-linked-with-bravery.html | 2020-09-01 |
| Meanwhile Slovakia the Czech Republic and Austria do not plan to close their borders for now. | Neutral | The departments will be open also on Tuesdays and Thursdays from to | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22478851/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-31-2020.html | 2020-09-01 |
| January 1 was also the day Slovakia become independent | Positive | It become effective on October 1 1992 in some areas and then on January 1 1993 in the whole country | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22478788/constitution-adopted-28-years-ago.html | 2020-09-01 |
| In Slovakia the crucial problem is not that people wouldnt have nowhere to go on bikes on a said. | Negative | Currently there are about 550 kilometres of cycling routes in Slovakia used for commuting to work and 14500 kilometres of cycling routes with a recreational function. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22476593/cycling-in-slovakia-a-free-time-activity-rather-than-means-of-transport.html | 2020-08-28 |
| Currently there are about 550 kilometres of cycling routes in Slovakia used for commuting to work and 14500 kilometres of cycling routes with a recreational function. | Positive | Currently there are about 550 kilometres of cycling routes in Slovakia used for commuting to work and 14500 kilometres of cycling routes with a recreational function. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22476593/cycling-in-slovakia-a-free-time-activity-rather-than-means-of-transport.html | 2020-08-28 |
| Flights from Ukraine to Slovakia remain on hold as does international personal railway and bus transport through all border crossings. | Negative | Ukraine will be inaccessible to people from Slovakia for one month starting this Saturday. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22476674/ukraine-closes-borders-for-one-month.html | 2020-08-28 |
| Slovakia marks two national holidays just before the school year resumes | Positive | Slovakia marks two national holidays just before the school year resumes | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22476686/prepare-for-closed-shops-this-saturday.html | 2020-08-28 |
| The council of epidemiologists have decided on new rules and have extended Slovakias red list of countries to become effective as of September 1. | Negative | The council of epidemiologists have decided on new rules and have extended Slovakias red list of countries to become effective as of September 1. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22476754/new-countries-on-the-red-list-quarantine-shortened.html | 2020-08-28 |
| Slovakias Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan has been trying to disprove these and other popular hoaxes concerning the recent protests in Belarus that are being spread by conspiracy websites. | Negative | Slovakias Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan has been trying to disprove these and other popular hoaxes concerning the recent protests in Belarus that are being spread by conspiracy websites. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22475912/foreign-affairs-minister-ivan-korcok-explaining-hoaxes-about-protests-in-belarus.html | 2020-08-27 |
| Slovakia thus has 1238 active coronavirus cases | Negative | 68 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on August 23 the total number increased to 3424. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-08-25 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 68 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on August 23 the total number increased to 3424. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-08-25 |
| The SlovakGerman Chamber of Commerce took three Slovak startups to present its ideas to potential partners in Germany during the Start | Positive | July 2020 The Slovak Spectator published its Business Focus on Germany | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22473691/business-focus-german-business-in-slovakia-goes-beyond-automotive.html | 2020-08-25 |
| The decision of the Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia to support the protesters in his homeland has incurred great respect in Slovakia and abroad according to the Slovak foreign affairs minister. | Positive | The decision of the Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia to support the protesters in his homeland has incurred great respect in Slovakia and abroad according to the Slovak foreign affairs minister. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22474235/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-24-2020.html | 2020-08-25 |
| Slovakia has asked Belgium for a proper investigation of a police action after which Slovak Jozef Chovanec died two years ago. | Negative | The epidemiologic situation were monitoring and evaluating on a daily basis is under the Public Health Authority wrote on Facebook. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22472538/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-21-2020.html | 2020-08-22 |
| Hundreds of Slovak companies have moved their headquarters to tax havens since the beginning of the year. | Neutral | Hundreds of Slovak companies have moved their headquarters to tax havens since the beginning of the year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22471586/slovak-companies-are-interested-in-tax-havens-their-number-continues-rising.html | 2020-08-21 |
| The basic capital of Slovak companies in tax havens amounts to more than | Negative | Hundreds of Slovak companies have moved their headquarters to tax havens since the beginning of the year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22471586/slovak-companies-are-interested-in-tax-havens-their-number-continues-rising.html | 2020-08-21 |
| The number of active positive coronavirus cases in Slovakia is currently reaching the numbers reported during the peak of the first wave in April. | Negative | The number of active positive coronavirus cases in Slovakia is currently reaching the numbers reported during the peak of the first wave in April. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22472019/hygienists-consider-new-measure-where-foreign-employees-could-only-enter-their-workplace-with-a-negative-covid-test.html | 2020-08-21 |
| Most of the infected people are seasonal workers coming to Slovakia from abroad to work in agriculture the Health Ministry pointed out. | Negative | The number of active positive coronavirus cases in Slovakia is currently reaching the numbers reported during the peak of the first wave in April. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22472019/hygienists-consider-new-measure-where-foreign-employees-could-only-enter-their-workplace-with-a-negative-covid-test.html | 2020-08-21 |
| Several other districts in eastern Slovakia and also the region in the west were added in July. | Neutral | Labour offices have seen the number of jobseekers ready to start working immediately increase by some 66800 since March. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22472039/some-66000-people-have-lost-jobs-since-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html | 2020-08-21 |
| After the COVID19 pandemic hit Slovakia the government launched a temporary shorttime work instrument promising to replace it later with a permanent one. | Neutral | The condition for the provision of benefits from the new fund will be a reduction in operating activities. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22471071/permanent-kurzarbeit-scheme-closer-to-reality.html | 2020-08-20 |
| Financial institutions operating cash registers produced by the Diebold Nixdorf company including those in Slovakia are threatened with a new type of attack. | Negative | Financial institutions operating cash registers produced by the Diebold Nixdorf company including those in Slovakia are threatened with a new type of attack. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469936/cash-dispensers-face-new-kinds-of-attacks.html | 2020-08-19 |
| Not only Slovakia but other countries across Europe have reported a shortage of honey and food for hives SITA wrote. | Negative | This years honey harvest reached only onethird of the average reported in the past chair of the Slovak Association of Beekeepers Milan told the SITA newswire. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22470361/slovak-beekepers-shortage-honey-2020.html | 2020-08-19 |
| Meanwhile several events have been held in Slovakia to express support of the demonstrators in Belarus. | Positive | Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with the protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469520/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-17-2020.html | 2020-08-18 |
| The air is very damp and the sticky weather in southwest Slovakia is the most distinct which will result in torrential rains with high wrote on Facebook. | Negative | Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with the protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469520/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-17-2020.html | 2020-08-18 |
| Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | Positive | Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469068/belarusian-ambassador-shocked-by-the-violence-against-protesters.html | 2020-08-18 |
| Meanwhile people in Slovakia have organised several events to point to the current situation in Belarus and support demonstrators in their fight for freedom and democracy. | Positive | Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469068/belarusian-ambassador-shocked-by-the-violence-against-protesters.html | 2020-08-18 |
| Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with the protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | Positive | Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Alexandrovich Leshchenya has expressed solidarity with the protesters in his homeland which is currently witnessing mass protests following the recent presidential election. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469520/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-17-2020.html | 2020-08-18 |
| Slovakia should prepare for thunderstorms accompanied by hail and local floods at the beginning of the week. | Negative | Slovakia should prepare for thunderstorms accompanied by hail and local floods at the beginning of the week. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22469029/prepare-for-strong-storms-with-hail.html | 2020-08-18 |
| The contraction of Slovakias economy during the second quarter of 2020 was smaller than originally expected. | Positive | People should also think twice before travelling abroad. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22467720/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-14-2020.html | 2020-08-15 |
| Slovakia has entered the first stage of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | Slovakia has entered the first stage of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22467825/slovakia-is-in-the-first-stage-of-the-second-coronavirus-wave.html | 2020-08-15 |
| Do you know how many foreigners are currently living in Slovakia and how the numbers have changed in the past | Neutral | Do you know how many foreigners are currently living in Slovakia and how the numbers have changed in the past | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22466741/foreigners-in-slovakia-statistics-first-half-2020.html | 2020-08-14 |
| People in several districts in the southern and western part of Slovakia should prepare for high temperatures which will be then replaced by storms. | Negative | People in several districts in the southern and western part of Slovakia should prepare for high temperatures which will be then replaced by storms. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22466822/shmu-weather-warning-high-temperatures-august-13-2020.html | 2020-08-14 |
| Even if the inspection results show that Slovak bodies made no mistake in the process there is still some risk that the visa was issued after submitting false documents. | Neutral | PM Igor confirmed that the expulsion of Russian diplomats was a reaction to the exploitation of diplomatic services to gain a visa. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22465933/expelling-of-russian-diplomats-was-answer-to-exploiting-visa-pm-confirmed.html | 2020-08-13 |
| Meanwhile the inspection into the procedures of issuing visas at the general consulate in St Petersburg and the Slovak Embassy in Moscow continues said Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan | Neutral | Meanwhile the inspection into the procedures of issuing visas at the general consulate in St Petersburg and the Slovak Embassy in Moscow continues said Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22466440/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-august-12-2020.html | 2020-08-13 |
| Defence Minister Jaroslav shared the concern that Slovakias representation office was exploited TASR reported. | Negative | PM Igor confirmed that the expulsion of Russian diplomats was a reaction to the exploitation of diplomatic services to gain a visa. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22465933/expelling-of-russian-diplomats-was-answer-to-exploiting-visa-pm-confirmed.html | 2020-08-13 |
| Despite hostile from the Slovak side Russia wants to remain loyal to the longterm tradition of common useful and mutually respectful relations between the countries the embassy continued. | Positive | PM Igor confirmed that the expulsion of Russian diplomats was a reaction to the exploitation of diplomatic services to gain a visa. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22465933/expelling-of-russian-diplomats-was-answer-to-exploiting-visa-pm-confirmed.html | 2020-08-13 |
| Although the current epidemical situation in Slovakia is worsening it is under control. | Negative | Although the current epidemical situation in Slovakia is worsening it is under control. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22465650/second-coronavirus-wave-has-already-arrived-in-slovakia.html | 2020-08-13 |
| The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute has issued a firstlevel warning against high temperatures for August 10 | Negative | Several regions in Slovakia are grappling with heatwaves | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22464324/southern-slovakia-will-be-hit-by-stifling-heatwave.html | 2020-08-11 |
| The chair of a newly established party should be a person who can address Hungarians living in Slovakia and at the same time collaborate with Slovaks. | Positive | Three nonparliamentary parties representing the Hungarian minority in Slovakia will merge. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22464244/hungarian-parties-join-forces.html | 2020-08-11 |
| In the Old Kingdom of Hungary poppy were known as a Slovak wrote adding that the plants were mostly grown in the Bratislava Nitra and regions. | Positive | This may be unsurprising though given Slovakias long affinity with poppies and its recent history as a major poppy seed producer. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22462864/slovaks-and-poppies-an-inseparable-duo-for-centuries.html | 2020-08-11 |
| There was even an old saying that Slovaks would grab a piece of land to grow poppies because they liked eating seeds so much wrote. | Positive | This may be unsurprising though given Slovakias long affinity with poppies and its recent history as a major poppy seed producer. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22462864/slovaks-and-poppies-an-inseparable-duo-for-centuries.html | 2020-08-11 |
| Several regions in Slovakia are grappling with heatwaves | Neutral | Several regions in Slovakia are grappling with heatwaves | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22464324/southern-slovakia-will-be-hit-by-stifling-heatwave.html | 2020-08-11 |
| The European Commission has asked Slovakia to explain its steps in the procurement on 5G frequencies spokesperson for the Regulatory Office for Electronic Communications and Postal Services Roman Vavro confirmed. | Negative | The European Commission has asked Slovakia to explain its steps in the procurement on 5G frequencies spokesperson for the Regulatory Office for Electronic Communications and Postal Services Roman Vavro confirmed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22464321/slovakia-may-be-fined-brussels-is-asking-for-a-mysterious-stop-to-5g.html | 2020-08-11 |
| Slovakia has seen 12 local coronavirus outbreaks this July with a daily average of 21 new coronavirus infections. | Negative | Slovakia has seen 12 local coronavirus outbreaks this July with a daily average of 21 new coronavirus infections. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22462357/coronavirus-in-slovakia-july-saw-12-epidemics-statistics-occurrence-covid19.html | 2020-08-10 |
| Slovakia is ready to help Lebanons capital Beirut which was hit by a massive explosion on August 4. | Positive | Slovakia is ready to help Lebanons capital Beirut which was hit by a massive explosion on August 4. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22461931/slovakia-is-ready-to-send-help-to-lebanon.html | 2020-08-10 |
| He also informed the Lebanese authorities about Slovakias readiness to provide necessary assistance. | Positive | Slovakia is ready to help Lebanons capital Beirut which was hit by a massive explosion on August 4. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22461931/slovakia-is-ready-to-send-help-to-lebanon.html | 2020-08-10 |
| This means that when entering Ukraine from Slovakia one needs to undergo state quarantine for 14 days or download an app and go into selfisolation. | Negative | Ukraine added Slovakia to its list of socalled red countries in early August. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22461524/ukraine-put-slovakia-on-its-red-list-two-week-isolation-will-be-mandatory.html | 2020-08-06 |
| The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute has issued a firstdegree warning valid until Thursday August 6 morning | Negative | Bratislava may be hit by floods in the following hours | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22461128/warning-from-meteorologists-floods-may-hit-bratislava.html | 2020-08-06 |
| Almost 90 percent of Slovaks are bothered by coins with a value of 1 cent and 2 cents. | Negative | Almost 90 percent of Slovaks are bothered by coins with a value of 1 cent and 2 cents. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22460358/slovakia-may-bid-farewell-to-1-cent-and-2-cent-coins.html | 2020-08-05 |
| His collaborators in Slovakia share her opinion | Neutral | The daughter of a known Italian businessman living in Bratislava Loris Colusso Selena Colusso Vio does not believe her father committed suicide | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22459286/daughter-of-italian-entrepreneur-i-do-not-believe-he-committed-suicide.html | 2020-08-04 |
| Slovakias economy is accelerating again | Positive | Slovakias economy is accelerating again | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22459768/slovak-economy-may-rise-slightly-in-the-third-quarter.html | 2020-08-04 |
| Brits living in Slovakia have until June 2021 to do so he added. | Neutral | British citizens living in Slovakia and other EU countries will need to take action to secure their rights after Brexit. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22458334/brits-in-slovakia-need-to-get-a-new-document-due-to-brexit.html | 2020-08-01 |
| British citizens living in Slovakia and other EU countries will need to take action to secure their rights after Brexit. | Negative | British citizens living in Slovakia and other EU countries will need to take action to secure their rights after Brexit. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22458334/brits-in-slovakia-need-to-get-a-new-document-due-to-brexit.html | 2020-08-01 |
| Kvietik who is believed to be linked to the Slovak National Party the coalition partner of Smer during its 20162020 term has been in pretrial custody since late April. | Neutral | Two independent sources from the police corps confirmed for Sme that the two leading investigators are leaving. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22457695/top-investigators-of-the-biggest-corruption-case-are-leaving-the-police.html | 2020-07-31 |
| The closed borders between Slovakia and its neighbours have affected the shopping in these countries. | Neutral | It took more than 17 years to close the case in which Jozef a oligarch faced charges for embezzling nonbanking companies BMG Invest and Horizont Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22456931/today-in-slovakia-news-overview-july-29-2020.html | 2020-07-30 |
| For the moment Slovakia plans to order 3 million vaccines | Positive | The price per dose should not be high maybe thrice as high as the flu vaccine said | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22456523/covid-19-shot-should-be-free-state-not-buying-it-for-all-its-inhabitants-yet.html | 2020-07-30 |
| Customers in Slovakia are interested in purchasing Fairtrade products. | Positive | Customers in Slovakia are interested in purchasing Fairtrade products. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22456624/slovak-are-interested-in-fairtrade-products.html | 2020-07-30 |
| Slovak prosecutor Juraj has become one of 22 European prosecutors appointed by the Council of the European Union to complete the European Public Prosecutors Office | Positive | Slovak prosecutor Juraj has become one of 22 European prosecutors appointed by the Council of the European Union to complete the European Public Prosecutors Office | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22456107/juraj-novocky-european-prosecutor-council-eu.html | 2020-07-29 |
| After a diplomatic backandforth between the UK and Slovakia travel between the two countries has partly returned to normal. | Positive | The parliament voted on the future of Igor as prime minister in the early hours on Friday following a heated 15hourlong debate. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22453769/news-digest-matovic-survives-england-and-scotland-open.html | 2020-07-25 |
| Travellers from Slovakia to England and Scotland will no longer need to go into quarantine after their arrival | Negative | Travellers from Slovakia to England and Scotland will no longer need to go into quarantine after their arrival | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22453755/no-need-to-self-isolate-for-travellers-from-slovakia-to-england-soon.html | 2020-07-25 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 29 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on July 23 the total number increased to 2118. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-07-25 |
| The Slovak Medical Chamber has joined the concerns. | Negative | The easier travel from the United Kingdom to Slovakia as of this week has left some easternSlovak municipalities worried about potential outbreaks of the coronavirus infection. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451914/coronavirus-in-slovakia-no-quarantine-after-returning-from-the-uk-worries-municipalities-in-the-east.html | 2020-07-23 |
| Several easternSlovak municipalities are aware of dozens of their citizens who live and work in the UK and tend to return home to Slovakia for holidays every year. | Positive | The easier travel from the United Kingdom to Slovakia as of this week has left some easternSlovak municipalities worried about potential outbreaks of the coronavirus infection. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451914/coronavirus-in-slovakia-no-quarantine-after-returning-from-the-uk-worries-municipalities-in-the-east.html | 2020-07-23 |
| Slovakia will only have three years from 2021 to 2023 from the moment the system is set to approve the projects carry them out and pay for them. | Positive | We will debate the management system at the coalition council Minister Veronika of Za said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451884/a-struggle-for-billions-from-the-eu-starts-in-the-coalition.html | 2020-07-23 |
| Slovakia has been absorbing EU funds since 2004 but the country has never been able to draw the money so fast. | Positive | We will debate the management system at the coalition council Minister Veronika of Za said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451884/a-struggle-for-billions-from-the-eu-starts-in-the-coalition.html | 2020-07-23 |
| She spoke to The Slovak Spectator ahead of the Democratic Primary which takes place on August 4 2020. | Neutral | She spoke to The Slovak Spectator ahead of the Democratic Primary which takes place on August 4 2020. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22452062/slovak-for-congress-krupina-native-makes-a-splash-on-arizonas-political-scene.html | 2020-07-23 |
| Slovakias households produce more waste than they did a decade ago. | Negative | Slovakias households produce more waste than they did a decade ago. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451931/an-unflattering-record-an-average-person-in-slovakia-produces-435-kg-of-waste.html | 2020-07-23 |
| The easier travel from the United Kingdom to Slovakia as of this week has left some easternSlovak municipalities worried about potential outbreaks of the coronavirus infection. | Negative | The easier travel from the United Kingdom to Slovakia as of this week has left some easternSlovak municipalities worried about potential outbreaks of the coronavirus infection. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451914/coronavirus-in-slovakia-no-quarantine-after-returning-from-the-uk-worries-municipalities-in-the-east.html | 2020-07-23 |
| The recent data of the Statistics Office suggests that an average Slovak generated 435 kilograms of municipal waste in 2019 which was 35 percent more than 10 years ago. | Negative | Slovakias households produce more waste than they did a decade ago. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451931/an-unflattering-record-an-average-person-in-slovakia-produces-435-kg-of-waste.html | 2020-07-23 |
| Slovakia will actually receive less than originally proposed he added as reported by the SITA newswire. | Negative | Prime Minister Igor has returned from his first inperson EU summit overjoyed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451106/eu-deal-on-recovery-fund-great-news-for-slovakia-says-pm-matovic.html | 2020-07-22 |
| said the Slovak statesman who cofounded Czechoslovakia after WWI was the first Slovak European citizen to travel the world | Positive | General Milan Rastislav acted in critical moments as a statesman President Zuzana said about this Slovak diplomat and astronomer at a ceremony commemorating 140 years since his birth. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451621/milan-rastislav-stefanik-anniversary-kosariska-caputova.html | 2020-07-22 |
| The Bratislavabased Volkswagen Slovakia is one of the German carmakers 120 plants around the globe | Positive | The Bratislavabased Volkswagen Slovakia is one of the German carmakers 120 plants around the globe | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22450477/german-companies-in-slovakia-automotive-energy-food-freight-forwarding-ict-sectors.html | 2020-07-22 |
| PM Igor said Slovakia has gained at the summit what it intended to. | Positive | Prime Minister Igor has returned from his first inperson EU summit overjoyed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451106/eu-deal-on-recovery-fund-great-news-for-slovakia-says-pm-matovic.html | 2020-07-22 |
| But the German presence in Slovakias industry and business goes far beyond the automotive industry | Positive | The Bratislavabased Volkswagen Slovakia is one of the German carmakers 120 plants around the globe | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22450477/german-companies-in-slovakia-automotive-energy-food-freight-forwarding-ict-sectors.html | 2020-07-22 |
| Several representatives of the country including President Zuzana have praised the adoption of the deal although some pointed out that Slovakia will actually receive less than proposed. | Positive | It is not good news but brilliant news for PM Igor commented after returning from his first inperson EU summit. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451645/tuesday-news-digest-stefaniks-legacy-and-slovakias-success-in-brussels.html | 2020-07-22 |
| As for the budget Slovakia has been assigned | Positive | Prime Minister Igor has returned from his first inperson EU summit overjoyed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451106/eu-deal-on-recovery-fund-great-news-for-slovakia-says-pm-matovic.html | 2020-07-22 |
| Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the British Embassy containing the data about the current epidemiological situation in Slovakia regarding the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | It is not good news but brilliant news for PM Igor commented after returning from his first inperson EU summit. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451645/tuesday-news-digest-stefaniks-legacy-and-slovakias-success-in-brussels.html | 2020-07-22 |
| Slovakia can also withdraw billion of what is unabsorbed from the previous EU budget. | Positive | Prime Minister Igor has returned from his first inperson EU summit overjoyed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451106/eu-deal-on-recovery-fund-great-news-for-slovakia-says-pm-matovic.html | 2020-07-22 |
| Slovak diplomacy is trying to make the UK cancel the duty of Slovaks arriving to Britain to selfisolate. | Negative | It is not good news but brilliant news for PM Igor commented after returning from his first inperson EU summit. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22451645/tuesday-news-digest-stefaniks-legacy-and-slovakias-success-in-brussels.html | 2020-07-22 |
| Neither would the parties representing the Hungarian minority in Slovakia be successful as the Party of Hungarian Community would receive 2 | Negative | Although it has not been officially registered yet the new party of Smer renegade Peter Pellegrini would become the second strongest party in the parliament. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22450616/ex-pm-pellegrinis-party-would-be-second-strongest-in-the-poll.html | 2020-07-21 |
| The number of jobless in Slovakia has increased the sixth month in a row. | Negative | The number of jobless in Slovakia has increased the sixth month in a row. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22450783/jobless-rate-continues-growing-the-sixth-month-in-row.html | 2020-07-21 |
| The consulting firm Grant Thornton Slovakia ascribes this discrepancy to unnecessary bureaucracy and at the same time possible allegations of subsidy fraud in the event of errors in applications. | Negative | The consulting firm Grant Thornton Slovakia ascribes this discrepancy to unnecessary bureaucracy and at the same time possible allegations of subsidy fraud in the event of errors in applications. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22448617/coronavirus-assistance-did-not-go-to-the-hardest-hit-sector-of-business.html | 2020-07-18 |
| Slovakia has made one change to its list of low risk countries | Negative | Slovakia has made one change to its list of low risk countries | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22449098/britain-is-on-slovakias-list-of-less-risky-countries.html | 2020-07-18 |
| Slovakia has great results when it comes to handling the epidemiological situation and that should suffice as a reason for the UK to reassess its stance the minister said. | Positive | There are two lists of risk countries in the UK and only one of them features Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22448495/uk-has-two-lists-of-risk-countries-slovak-minister-points-out.html | 2020-07-17 |
| Slovakia is preparing for a possible worsening of the situation with the novel coronavirus or even what some call the second wave of the pandemic. | Negative | The government is proposing a package of social measures in a similar fashion to its predecessors who were led by the now opposition Smer party. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22447643/wednesday-news-digest-another-social-package-presidents-meet-in-pezinok.html | 2020-07-16 |
| The analysis showed that Slovak households have smaller income than the EU average and their consumption is lower. | Negative | Women over 80 will be the biggest part of the Slovak population in 2070 showed a Eurostat analysis. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22447253/women-over-80-will-be-the-biggest-part-of-the-population-in-2070.html | 2020-07-16 |
| The Commission found out that the Slovak scheme is in accordance with conditions given in the temporary legal frame. | Positive | The European Commission approved Slovakias state aid scheme worth million to support research development and testing infrastructure for development linked with the coronavirus pandemic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22446077/eu-approved-slovakias-scheme-to-give-away-80-million-for-coronavirus-related-projects.html | 2020-07-14 |
| The leader of the strongest opposition Smer party Fico said Slovak diplomacy has failed in this regard | Negative | The leader of the strongest opposition Smer party Fico said Slovak diplomacy has failed in this regard | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22445405/slovakia-britain-travel-corridors-coronavirus.html | 2020-07-14 |
| The Slovak company AirExplore will launch a direct connection with Split on Sunday July 19 | Negative | A regular flight connection to Croatia returns to Bratislava airport after eight years | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22446083/to-croatia-by-plane-a-new-line-opens-from-bratislava.html | 2020-07-14 |
| The European Commission approved Slovakias state aid scheme worth million to support research development and testing infrastructure for development linked with the coronavirus pandemic. | Positive | The European Commission approved Slovakias state aid scheme worth million to support research development and testing infrastructure for development linked with the coronavirus pandemic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22446077/eu-approved-slovakias-scheme-to-give-away-80-million-for-coronavirus-related-projects.html | 2020-07-14 |
| The consumption of chocolate in Slovakia has slightly decreased statisticians informed on the Day of Chocolate earlier this week. | Positive | The consumption of chocolate in Slovakia has slightly decreased statisticians informed on the Day of Chocolate earlier this week. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22444575/people-in-slovakia-eat-less-chocolate-than-they-used-to.html | 2020-07-11 |
| While Slovakia has done well so far in scaling down the COVID19 virus pandemic its economy is feeling the consequences. | Negative | While Slovakia has done well so far in scaling down the COVID19 virus pandemic its economy is feeling the consequences. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22443871/eu-recovery-plan-opens-a-window-of-opportunity-if-slovakia-can-use-it-well.html | 2020-07-10 |
| A memo between the government and the Volkswagen carmaker that was not meant to be published shows Slovakia is in the running for an investment of at least million. | Negative | A memo between the government and the Volkswagen carmaker that was not meant to be published shows Slovakia is in the running for an investment of at least million. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22443415/volkswagen-slovakia-could-receive-a-500-million-investment.html | 2020-07-09 |
| Land ownership relations in Slovakia require a lot of clearing ip which unfortunately our predecessors neglected said Agriculture Minister as quoted by the SITA newswire. | Negative | The owners of plots may now check everything connected to land in one place including the recipients of subsidies from EU funds. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22443035/owners-may-check-rents-plots-and-who-receives-subsidies-at-one-website.html | 2020-07-09 |
| After major coronavirus measures were lifted in Slovakia the European Commission expects the countrys economy will recover quite well in 2021 starting already in the second half of this year. | Positive | After major coronavirus measures were lifted in Slovakia the European Commission expects the countrys economy will recover quite well in 2021 starting already in the second half of this year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22442619/slovakia-interim-forecast-european-commission-summer-2020.html | 2020-07-08 |
| The client centres running under the Interior Ministry that issue IDs and other official documents to Slovak citizens in contrast employ civil servants who are not police officers. | Neutral | Research of the Public Defender of Rights | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441465/nice-but-also-aggressive-immigration-experience-in-slovakia-often-depends-on-the-officers-handling-it.html | 2020-07-08 |
| The consumption of antibiotics in Slovakia is the lowest it has been in the last 13 years according to the data of the National Health Information Centre | Positive | The consumption of antibiotics in Slovakia is the lowest it has been in the last 13 years according to the data of the National Health Information Centre | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22442311/slovaks-take-less-antibiotics-than-they-used-to.html | 2020-07-08 |
| The Foreigners Police the immigration authority in Slovakia has put in place many improvements over the past few years following some harsh criticism of clients and human rights watchdogs. | Negative | The Foreigners Police the immigration authority in Slovakia has put in place many improvements over the past few years following some harsh criticism of clients and human rights watchdogs. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22442660/today-in-slovakia-july-7-european-commission-interim-forecast.html | 2020-07-08 |
| For the time being travellers from Slovakia will still have to selfisolate upon arrival in the UK after this date the embassy continued. | Negative | The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry has already complained to the British Embassy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441135/slovakia-is-missing-from-uks-travel-corridor-exemptions.html | 2020-07-07 |
| Slovakia still has not listed the UK as a less risky country and the ministry recommends travelling there only if necessary. | Negative | The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry has already complained to the British Embassy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441135/slovakia-is-missing-from-uks-travel-corridor-exemptions.html | 2020-07-07 |
| Health Minister Marek has said improving cancer prevention and treatment in Slovakia will be a priority for his ministry as the country tops European mortality rates for the disease. | Positive | Health Minister Marek has said improving cancer prevention and treatment in Slovakia will be a priority for his ministry as the country tops European mortality rates for the disease. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441639/health-minister-pledges-to-make-cancer-a-top-health-priority.html | 2020-07-07 |
| However their launch will depend on Slovakia opening borders with Turkey or Egypt which are currently said Imrich Ancin head of the Bratislava airports air traffic department. | Neutral | The first planes to Burgas and Pafos were dispatched on July 4 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441648/ryanair-restores-regular-flights-from-bratislava.html | 2020-07-07 |
| The meeting with patients groups comes as Slovakias cancer mortality rate outstrips other European nations. | Negative | Health Minister Marek has said improving cancer prevention and treatment in Slovakia will be a priority for his ministry as the country tops European mortality rates for the disease. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441639/health-minister-pledges-to-make-cancer-a-top-health-priority.html | 2020-07-07 |
| The restoration of other regular flights will depend on which countries Slovakia adds to its list of less risky states. | Neutral | The first planes to Burgas and Pafos were dispatched on July 4 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441648/ryanair-restores-regular-flights-from-bratislava.html | 2020-07-07 |
| The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry has already complained to the British Embassy. | Negative | The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry has already complained to the British Embassy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22441135/slovakia-is-missing-from-uks-travel-corridor-exemptions.html | 2020-07-07 |
| Slovakia is also on the Croatian list of safe countries | Positive | Slovakia is also on the Croatian list of safe countries | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22438916/how-to-handle-coronavirus-problems-while-in-croatia.html | 2020-07-03 |
| Slovakia will open to more countries including some outside the EU in the following days. | Positive | Slovakia will open to more countries including some outside the EU in the following days. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22439144/less-risky-countries-added-to-open-list-some-conditions-for-mass-events-change.html | 2020-07-03 |
| Slovakia may soon have a modern research and development workplace for smart mobility of international importance. | Positive | Slovakia may soon have a modern research and development workplace for smart mobility of international importance. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22438739/self-driving-vehicles-developed-in-slovakia-a-university-joins-forces-with-companies.html | 2020-07-03 |
| Reciprocally Slovakia considers Croatia to be safe | Positive | Slovakia is also on the Croatian list of safe countries | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22438916/how-to-handle-coronavirus-problems-while-in-croatia.html | 2020-07-03 |
| The most urgent problem in Slovakia is helping companies and the selfemployed threatened by the coronavirus crisis. | Negative | The most urgent problem in Slovakia is helping companies and the selfemployed threatened by the coronavirus crisis. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22438769/situation-after-the-coronavirus-crisis-help-companies-and-the-self-employed.html | 2020-07-03 |
| Slovakia now has three months to respond. | Neutral | On the other hand Bulgaria and Montenegro will be removed from the list. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22439222/today-in-slovakia-news-overview-july-2-2020.html | 2020-07-03 |
| Slovakia now has three months to respond to the arguments | Neutral | It is possible that the pages in leaflets promoting Slovak products will soon disappear. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22439194/slovakia-needs-to-remove-restrictions-in-the-food-retail-sector.html | 2020-07-03 |
| The population of the rare wood grouse or Capercaillie a symbol of the Slovak forests has declined by almost one half since 2004 when the country joined the European Union. | Negative | The population of the rare wood grouse or Capercaillie a symbol of the Slovak forests has declined by almost one half since 2004 when the country joined the European Union. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22439215/slovakia-faces-lawsuit-over-decline-of-rare-bird-species.html | 2020-07-03 |
| SAMO and the representatives of the Slovak Association for Branded Products have welcomed the EC attitude saying that the letter of formal notice names specific objections to the law. | Positive | It is possible that the pages in leaflets promoting Slovak products will soon disappear. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22439194/slovakia-needs-to-remove-restrictions-in-the-food-retail-sector.html | 2020-07-03 |
| People in Slovakia should prepare for the thunderstorms expected to hit the country on July 2. | Negative | People in Slovakia should prepare for the thunderstorms expected to hit the country on July 2. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22437833/meteorologists-expect-storms-in-all-slovakia.html | 2020-07-02 |
| The Slovak arm of the German carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia has not confirmed the information. | Neutral | The Slovak arm of the German carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia has not confirmed the information. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22438343/production-of-passat-and-superb-in-bratislavas-vw-plant-is-closer.html | 2020-07-02 |
| Slovaks stopped working for the state on July 1 and are now working for themselves and their families. | Positive | Slovaks stopped working for the state on July 1 and are now working for themselves and their families. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22437823/slovaks-worked-for-the-state-for-a-record-36-days-longer.html | 2020-07-02 |
| Three years after the abduction of a Vietnamese citizen from the European Union onboard a Slovak government plane Slovakia is again involved in an international scandal. | Negative | Three years after the abduction of a Vietnamese citizen from the European Union onboard a Slovak government plane Slovakia is again involved in an international scandal. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22437931/another-international-scandal-slovak-consulate-in-st-petersburg-under-scrutiny.html | 2020-07-02 |
| More than three quarters of Slovak samesex couples fear holding hands in public which is 16 percentage points more than the EU average. | Negative | More than 140000 Europeans participated in the poll the SITA newswire reported. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22437028/same-sex-couples-fear-holding-hands-in-public-in-slovakia.html | 2020-07-01 |
| In Slovakia 18 percent of students feel that school education on LGBTI issues is positive or balanced compared to 33 percent EU average. | Negative | More than 140000 Europeans participated in the poll the SITA newswire reported. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22437028/same-sex-couples-fear-holding-hands-in-public-in-slovakia.html | 2020-07-01 |
| Slovak economy will fall by 14 | Negative | Another prediction shows a rather gloomy scenario for Slovakias economy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22436590/another-gloomy-prediction-bank-analysts-expect-the-economy-to-contract-by-9-percent.html | 2020-06-30 |
| In fact it is the Slovak antiplagiarism system that should be criticised said at the political talk show broadcast by the publicservice RTVS. | Negative | The file is consistent and from the available information I assume it was not Mikulaj said as quoted by Sme. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22436599/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-june-29-2020.html | 2020-06-30 |
| The Judicial Council a top judicial body overseeing the operation of Slovakias courts has a new chair. | Positive | The file is consistent and from the available information I assume it was not Mikulaj said as quoted by Sme. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22436599/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-june-29-2020.html | 2020-06-30 |
| The top judicial body overseeing the operation of Slovakias courts has a new chair. | Positive | The top judicial body overseeing the operation of Slovakias courts has a new chair. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22436573/top-judicial-body-in-slovakia-has-new-head.html | 2020-06-30 |
| People in Slovakia should prepare for heavy storms. | Negative | People in Slovakia should prepare for heavy storms. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22436055/warnings-against-storms-issued-for-all-of-slovakia.html | 2020-06-30 |
| If Slovakia fails to make this transition to the automation industry it will face a rise in unemployment and lower wages in future. | Negative | The implementation of elements of automation in production will mainly endanger routine work Martin of the Institute of Economic Research at the Slovak Academy of Sciences told The Slovak Spectator. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434406/industry-4-0-automation-reskilling-bringing-world-to-the-classroom.html | 2020-06-27 |
| The International Press Institute has welcomed the prompt investigation opened by the Slovak police and urged them to work tirelessly to identify those responsible. | Negative | They will not threaten us | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434531/investigative-reporter-finds-a-bullet-in-his-mailbox.html | 2020-06-27 |
| The recent three days have seen the number of new coronavirus cases in Slovakia reach double digits numbers that the country has not seen since the beginning of May. | Negative | Speaker of Parliament Boris made his important statement about the plagiarism allegations he faces on Friday morning. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434917/kollar-has-not-satisfied-partners-coronavirus-numbers-up-again-news-digest.html | 2020-06-27 |
| The recent three days have seen the number of new coronavirus cases in Slovakia reach twodigits numbers not seen since the beginning of May. | Negative | The recent three days have seen the number of new coronavirus cases in Slovakia reach twodigits numbers not seen since the beginning of May. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434815/coronavirus-in-slovakia-new-local-epicentre-in-cadca.html | 2020-06-27 |
| Hossa is only the third Slovak icehockey player to receive such an honour following in the footsteps of the worldfamous Stan Mikita and Peter | Positive | Several planned sport and culture events in the region have been cancelled. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434276/today-in-slovakia-news-overview-june-25-2020.html | 2020-06-26 |
| More than onethird of jobs in industrial production in Slovakia are threatened with robotisation. | Negative | More than onethird of jobs in industrial production in Slovakia are threatened with robotisation. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22433816/one-third-of-jobs-may-be-replaced-by-robots.html | 2020-06-26 |
| Entrepreneurs and traders in Slovakia are reporting more revenue which also increases the sum state collects on taxes. | Positive | Entrepreneurs and traders in Slovakia are reporting more revenue which also increases the sum state collects on taxes. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22433790/slovak-businesses-confessing-to-more-revenue.html | 2020-06-26 |
| Former Slovak ice hockey player Hossa will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2020 | Positive | Several planned sport and culture events in the region have been cancelled. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22434276/today-in-slovakia-news-overview-june-25-2020.html | 2020-06-26 |
| Overall Slovakia belongs to a group of Moderate Innovators with a score below the EU average | Negative | Overall Slovakia belongs to a group of Moderate Innovators with a score below the EU average | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22432892/slovakia-is-a-moderate-innovator.html | 2020-06-25 |
| Almost half of Slovaks who planned to spend a holiday abroad this year will stay in Slovakia. | Positive | Almost half of Slovaks who planned to spend a holiday abroad this year will stay in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22432875/slovaks-change-holiday-plans-they-want-to-stay-home.html | 2020-06-25 |
| Of all people who plan to go on holiday this year either in Slovakia or abroad only onefifth of respondents did not change plans the AKO poll reads. | Neutral | Almost half of Slovaks who planned to spend a holiday abroad this year will stay in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22432875/slovaks-change-holiday-plans-they-want-to-stay-home.html | 2020-06-25 |
| says his priority is for his government whose ambition is to purge Slovakia from the mafia that ruled here to keep going strong. | Neutral | Prime Minister Igor whose reaction was most awaited during the day on the other hand said he will not demand resignation. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22433377/caputova-in-isolation-kollar-under-pressure-matovic-talks-stability-news-digest.html | 2020-06-25 |
| In Slovakia only 49 percent prefer liberal democracy compared to for instance 82 percent in Austria. | Neutral | In just five out of the 10 countries more than half of respondents would choose a liberal democracy ahead of an autocratic leader the poll numbers suggest. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22432079/slovaks-would-be-willing-to-give-up-freedoms-for-financial-prosperity.html | 2020-06-24 |
| Slovakias national economy will drop by nearly 10 percent this year based on the macroeconomic prognosis of analysts at the Finance Ministry. | Negative | Slovakias national economy will drop by nearly 10 percent this year based on the macroeconomic prognosis of analysts at the Finance Ministry. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22432532/a-record-economic-drop-predicted-for-the-slovak-economy-news-digest.html | 2020-06-24 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 1 person was positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on June 22 the total number increased to 1589. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-06-24 |
| Slovakia will be home to this new EU body after 15 other member states backed Bratislava over other European cities as the location for the European Labour Authority in 2019. | Positive | An agency that ensures labour laws are enforced and the labour market is fair all over the European Union will soon start working from Bratislava. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22431847/bratislava-becomes-home-of-european-labour-authority.html | 2020-06-24 |
| The establishment of the ELA in Slovakia has been seen as a major milestone enhancing Slovakias reputation within the EU. | Positive | An agency that ensures labour laws are enforced and the labour market is fair all over the European Union will soon start working from Bratislava. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22431847/bratislava-becomes-home-of-european-labour-authority.html | 2020-06-24 |
| Slovakia has experienced heavy rain in the past few days. | Negative | Slovakia has experienced heavy rain in the past few days. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22431161/slovakia-struggled-with-floods-during-the-weekend.html | 2020-06-23 |
| The unemployment rate driven by the COVID19 pandemic keeps increasing in Slovakia while analysts expect the growth to reach its peak only in autumn. | Negative | The unemployment rate driven by the COVID19 pandemic keeps increasing in Slovakia while analysts expect the growth to reach its peak only in autumn. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22431470/jobless-rate-keeps-growing.html | 2020-06-23 |
| Smaller villages and municipalities in Slovakia should merge to cut costs and produce better quality services experts on local government financing have said. | Negative | Smaller villages and municipalities in Slovakia should merge to cut costs and produce better quality services experts on local government financing have said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22429311/small-town-blues-local-government-system-should-be-overhauled-say-experts.html | 2020-06-20 |
| The measurements show that the water balance in Slovakia has been changing since 2000 | Negative | As much as twothirds of water in Slovakia evaporates every year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22428602/two-thirds-of-water-evaporates-from-slovakia-every-year.html | 2020-06-19 |
| If they were adhered to Slovakia would not have their candidates returned | Neutral | Judge rapporteur prepares an analysis why they propose some decision | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22417219/new-supreme-court-head-jan-sikuta-interview.html | 2020-06-19 |
| The recent announcement by Speaker of Parliament Boris concerning the halt to the zoning of the Planina National Park in central Slovakia has raised some opposition. | Negative | The recent announcement by Speaker of Parliament Boris concerning the halt to the zoning of the Planina National Park in central Slovakia has raised some opposition. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22429177/the-environment-minister-and-the-parliaments-speaker-clash-over-national-parks-zoning.html | 2020-06-19 |
| As much as twothirds of water in Slovakia evaporates every year. | Negative | As much as twothirds of water in Slovakia evaporates every year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22428602/two-thirds-of-water-evaporates-from-slovakia-every-year.html | 2020-06-19 |
| If you plan to travel to or from Slovakia here is some useful information before kicking off a | Positive | If you plan to travel to or from Slovakia here is some useful information before kicking off a | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22427760/coronavirus-in-slovakia-how-to-travel-borders-bus-train-air-transport.html | 2020-06-18 |
| People in Slovakia were quick to react to the fastimplemented obligation to wear masks and their subsequent general shortage. | Positive | After Slovakia went entered a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic almost half of the inhabitants participated in volunteering activities. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22427009/good-news-from-slovakia-many-people-helped-others-in-the-pandemic.html | 2020-06-17 |
| Slovakia has improved the most in adopting video calls as a form of communication 66 percent use them today. | Positive | Slovakia has improved the most in adopting video calls as a form of communication 66 percent use them today. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22427536/people-in-slovakia-trust-news-less-kia-to-produce-e-cars-news-digest.html | 2020-06-17 |
| The Slovak physicist has been working on this research since 1982 | Positive | Physicist Peter Skyba who researches lowtemperature physics has been named the Slovak Scientist of the Year. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22427515/slovak-scientist-of-2019-awarded-to-a-physicist.html | 2020-06-17 |
| She officially took her post on June 15 2019 becoming the youngest head of state in the history of Slovakia and the first woman to hold this post. | Positive | Exactly one year ago on June 15 2019 Zuzana was officially appointed the first Slovak female president. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22426474/slovak-president-zuzana-caputova-celebrates-1st-year-in-the-office.html | 2020-06-16 |
| The annual rate of price increase in Slovakia in May 2020 has been the slowest since December 2018. | Positive | The annual rate of price increase in Slovakia in May 2020 has been the slowest since December 2018. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22426189/annual-inflation-slows-down-to-2-percent-in-may-2020-in-slovakia.html | 2020-06-16 |
| Slovakias industrial production has achieved the lowest level since the country became independent in 1993. | Negative | Slovakias industrial production has achieved the lowest level since the country became independent in 1993. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22423811/industrial-production-drops-to-historical-minimum.html | 2020-06-12 |
| is the first Slovak to have won the prestigious prize. | Positive | recalls in her article how little people in then Czechoslovakia knew about freedom back and how little they understood all the challenges that freedom brought to the postSoviet block. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22423745/sme-daily-editor-in-chief-beata-balogova-won-the-european-press-prize-opinion-section.html | 2020-06-12 |
| Slovak Information Service Director specified the latter option would mean the whole wiretapping process was officially approved. | Negative | Slovak Information Service Director specified the latter option would mean the whole wiretapping process was officially approved. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22423569/intelligence-service-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-wiretapping-of-a-state-agency.html | 2020-06-11 |
| Most Slovaks will spend their summer vacation in Slovakia as the coronavirus pandemic has complicated their travel plans and possibilities of going on holiday abroad. | Negative | Most Slovaks will spend their summer vacation in Slovakia as the coronavirus pandemic has complicated their travel plans and possibilities of going on holiday abroad. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22423017/most-slovaks-do-not-plan-to-spend-vacation-abroad.html | 2020-06-11 |
| Slovakia is not ready for the fourth industrial | Negative | in this | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22422966/post-coronavirus-slovakia-facing-major-challenge-and-it-is-not-ready.html | 2020-06-11 |
| the monoculture in Slovak industry is causing and how to deal with the automotive | Negative | in this | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22422966/post-coronavirus-slovakia-facing-major-challenge-and-it-is-not-ready.html | 2020-06-11 |
| Slovakia is continuing to lift the measures adopted to stop the coronavirus pandemic from spreading. | Positive | Slovakia is continuing to lift the measures adopted to stop the coronavirus pandemic from spreading. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22422149/coronavirus-slovakia-more-measures-lifted-from-june-10-and-15.html | 2020-06-10 |
| Nearly threequarters of people in Slovakia are satisfied with the work of Zuzana as the countrys president nearly one year after she was appointed on June 15 2019. | Positive | Nearly threequarters of people in Slovakia are satisfied with the work of Zuzana as the countrys president nearly one year after she was appointed on June 15 2019. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22421310/focus-poll-president-zuzana-caputova-remains-widely-popular.html | 2020-06-09 |
| A scientist is one of the most important occupations in Slovakia although it still lags behind a doctors job. | Positive | A scientist is one of the most important occupations in Slovakia although it still lags behind a doctors job. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22421816/one-of-the-most-important-occupations-scientists.html | 2020-06-09 |
| As much as 86 percent of respondents are convinced that Slovakia needs to improve the status of science and scientists TASR wrote. | Negative | A scientist is one of the most important occupations in Slovakia although it still lags behind a doctors job. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22421816/one-of-the-most-important-occupations-scientists.html | 2020-06-09 |
| Several hundreds of people working for the German producer of car lights Hella Slovakia SignalLighting will lose their jobs by summer. | Negative | Several hundreds of people working for the German producer of car lights Hella Slovakia SignalLighting will lose their jobs by summer. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22421396/german-producer-of-lights-plans-layoffs-in-povazie.html | 2020-06-09 |
| Company Slovak Lines is ready for the immediate restoration of international bus transport but provided no more details. | Positive | Interior Minister Roman Mikulec at the border crossing reminded that the reopening of the borders does not mean the coronavirus pandemic has ended. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22419749/state-borders-between-slovakia-the-czech-republic-hungary-and-austria-are-open.html | 2020-06-06 |
| Slovakia does not have a sufficiently developed market for regulated or market rental reads the study. | Negative | Slovakia does not have a sufficiently developed market for regulated or market rental reads the study. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22419944/rental-housing-has-become-a-hot-issue.html | 2020-06-06 |
| The court is now dealing with the state quarantine which everyone who arrived to Slovakia in the past six weeks had to enter. | Positive | The court is now dealing with the state quarantine which everyone who arrived to Slovakia in the past six weeks had to enter. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22411108/problematic-state-quarantine-faces-complaint-in-the-constitutional-court.html | 2020-05-26 |
| Slovakia is the most desired bride. | Positive | Slovakia is the most desired bride. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22412082/today-in-slovakia-news-digest-may-25.html | 2020-05-26 |
| Slovakia directed the homecomers to the state facilities to ensure they would not spread the novel coronavirus they might have contracted abroad. | Positive | The court is now dealing with the state quarantine which everyone who arrived to Slovakia in the past six weeks had to enter. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22411108/problematic-state-quarantine-faces-complaint-in-the-constitutional-court.html | 2020-05-26 |
| The one to decide on allowing civilian flights to and from Slovakia suspended on March 13 is the central crisis staff. | Neutral | The one to decide on allowing civilian flights to and from Slovakia suspended on March 13 is the central crisis staff. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22412032/some-airlines-plan-to-launch-flights-soon.html | 2020-05-26 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 1 person was positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on May 22 increasing the total number to 1504. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-05-24 |
| Miriam 23 will be the first Slovak to lead the European Union delegation at the Youth 20 summit one of the official accompanying summits of the meeting of G20 leaders. | Positive | Miriam 23 will be the first Slovak to lead the European Union delegation at the Youth 20 summit one of the official accompanying summits of the meeting of G20 leaders. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22408844/the-eu-delegation-for-the-youth-20-summit-will-be-led-by-a-slovak.html | 2020-05-21 |
| grimly concluded that Slovakia is on the way to joining Hungary and Poland which also face problems with accepting gender and LGBTIrelated agenda. | Negative | Although the election brought a change for the better in many areas this cannot be said for gender equality womens rights and human rights in general she continued. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22408264/director-of-gender-equality-department-quits.html | 2020-05-21 |
| Slovakias travel agencies will have one year to deal with the tours that have been cancelled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. | Positive | Slovakias travel agencies will have one year to deal with the tours that have been cancelled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22408872/tour-operators-get-more-time-to-deal-with-cancelled-trips.html | 2020-05-21 |
| Although the agricultural land in Slovakia comprises nearly one half of the countrys territory and provides many ecosystem services only a few people deal with the protection of agricultural land. | Negative | Since animals have fewer options to hide the biodiversity of the area is reduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22406674/large-fields-in-slovakia-pose-risks-to-environment.html | 2020-05-19 |
| Instead of state quarantine some Slovak citizens returning from abroad will be able to use a mobile app to monitor their isolation. | Positive | Instead of state quarantine some Slovak citizens returning from abroad will be able to use a mobile app to monitor their isolation. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22404850/no-more-state-quarantine-smart-quarantine-proposed-instead.html | 2020-05-15 |
| If coronavirus numbers remain as low as they have been the past week in Slovakia the youngest pupils and kindergarteners could return to schools in little more than two weeks. | Positive | If coronavirus numbers remain as low as they have been the past week in Slovakia the youngest pupils and kindergarteners could return to schools in little more than two weeks. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22403386/schools-might-open-as-of-june-coronavirus.html | 2020-05-14 |
| The pipeline between Slovakia and Hungary that had been sleeping for four years since being put into operation has been restored. | Positive | The pipeline between Slovakia and Hungary that had been sleeping for four years since being put into operation has been restored. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22403418/slovak-hungarian-pipeline-back-to-life.html | 2020-05-14 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has impacted industrial production in Slovakia which has reached its lowest level since May 2009. | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has impacted industrial production in Slovakia which has reached its lowest level since May 2009. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22402180/the-coronavirus-pandemic-has-cut-industrial-production.html | 2020-05-12 |
| Slovakias judiciary is going through what some observers label a cleansing process | Positive | The Supreme Court will have a new head after more than eight months without one. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22402214/jan-sikuta-elected-the-supreme-court-president-slovakia-judiciary.html | 2020-05-12 |
| Slovakia may open its borders in July. | Positive | Slovakia may open its borders in July. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22401796/slovakia-discusses-a-little-schengen-with-its-neighbours.html | 2020-05-11 |
| They stressed that the country is a member of both the European Union and NATO and it was Slovakias free will to join them. | Positive | They also want to strengthen the foreign policy consensus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22401738/eu-and-nato-membership-vital-for-slovakia-top-officials-agreed.html | 2020-05-11 |
| Fitch also predicts that under financial stress support for foreignowned Slovak banks would be forthcoming from their foreign parent banks. | Negative | Although the rating was downgraded due to the pandemic we need to look at the situation in a wider Finance Minister Eduard Heger said as quoted by the SITA newswire. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22401827/fitch-downgraded-slovakias-rating.html | 2020-05-11 |
| Slovakia has become home to several business service centres most of which are currently located in Bratislava with opportunities to spread into other parts of Slovakia. | Positive | Slovakia is the largest car producer per capita in the world with several carmakers located in Bratislava Audi Porsche Trnava Nitra and | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22397815/slovakia-investment-advisory-guide-online-content.html | 2020-05-08 |
| IT is a promising sector in Slovakia where apart from Bratislava strong IT clusters have also been built in and | Positive | Slovakia is the largest car producer per capita in the world with several carmakers located in Bratislava Audi Porsche Trnava Nitra and | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22397815/slovakia-investment-advisory-guide-online-content.html | 2020-05-08 |
| Although young people in Slovakia have improved their financial literacy they still lag behind other members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | Negative | Although young people in Slovakia have improved their financial literacy they still lag behind other members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22400330/slovakia-lags-behind-in-financial-literacy-despite-improvement.html | 2020-05-08 |
| Slovakia imposed strict border controls in March in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. | Negative | Slovakia imposed strict border controls in March in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22400298/legal-questions-raised-as-border-closures-extended.html | 2020-05-08 |
| Slovakia is the largest car producer per capita in the world with several carmakers located in Bratislava Audi Porsche Trnava Nitra and | Positive | Slovakia is the largest car producer per capita in the world with several carmakers located in Bratislava Audi Porsche Trnava Nitra and | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22397815/slovakia-investment-advisory-guide-online-content.html | 2020-05-08 |
| Slovakias largest carmaker the Bratislava Volkswagen plant is currently operating under one shift | Neutral | Slovakias largest carmaker the Bratislava Volkswagen plant is currently operating under one shift | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22398055/bratislava-volkswagen-plant-launches-three-shift-operation-in-late-may.html | 2020-05-06 |
| However even here there are some said adding that the longer Slovakia stays in quarantine the Vshaped curve may change to the less positive Ucurve. | Negative | In a worstcase scenario the Slovak coronavirushit economy may contract by as much as 13 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395143/central-bank-governor-things-are-worse-for-slovakia-than-expected.html | 2020-05-01 |
| About 61 percent of Slovaks and Czechs positively perceive how the government is handling the crisis. | Positive | Fear of the coronavirus in Slovakia are slowly fading but most people are still protecting themselves | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395170/poll-fears-of-the-coronavirus-fade-in-slovakia.html | 2020-05-01 |
| Slovaks chose President Zuzana as the political figure who is doing the best on average. | Positive | Fear of the coronavirus in Slovakia are slowly fading but most people are still protecting themselves | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395170/poll-fears-of-the-coronavirus-fade-in-slovakia.html | 2020-05-01 |
| The 20th centurys strongest earthquake in Slovakia was recorded here on June 5 1941. | Negative | An earthquake with a magnitude of 2 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395146/another-earthquake-recorded-near-michalovce.html | 2020-05-01 |
| Slovakia is one of the countries where difficulties in accessing abortions due to measures taken to fight the pandemic have been reported. | Negative | Slovakia is one of the countries where difficulties in accessing abortions due to measures taken to fight the pandemic have been reported. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395101/health-and-life-are-the-main-priorities-in-a-pandemic-ministry-defends-limited-access-to-abortions.html | 2020-05-01 |
| In a worstcase scenario the Slovak coronavirushit economy may contract by as much as 13 | Negative | In a worstcase scenario the Slovak coronavirushit economy may contract by as much as 13 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395143/central-bank-governor-things-are-worse-for-slovakia-than-expected.html | 2020-05-01 |
| Fear of the coronavirus in Slovakia are slowly fading but most people are still protecting themselves | Positive | Fear of the coronavirus in Slovakia are slowly fading but most people are still protecting themselves | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22395170/poll-fears-of-the-coronavirus-fade-in-slovakia.html | 2020-05-01 |
| Political scientist Nociar a leading expert on extremism in Slovakia opined that the coronavirus situation does not favour the far right. | Positive | Political scientist Nociar a leading expert on extremism in Slovakia opined that the coronavirus situation does not favour the far right. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22394381/rise-of-extremism-pandemic-crisis-slovakia-kotleba-matovic.html | 2020-04-30 |
| The crisis staff has granted Slovak students abroad an exemption so that they can take their necessary admission or final exams. | Negative | The government has eased the rules for crossborder workers | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22394759/faq-crossing-the-borders-amid-covid-19-measures-in-slovakia.html | 2020-04-30 |
| Slovakia has recorded 22 coronavirus casualties as of April 29 which puts the country among the lowest number of deaths per capita. | Negative | Slovakia has recorded 22 coronavirus casualties as of April 29 which puts the country among the lowest number of deaths per capita. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22394244/bloomberg-slovakia-has-the-least-per-capita-deaths-in-europe-showing-speed-is-important.html | 2020-04-30 |
| Slovakia will have an additional | Neutral | Slovakia will have an additional | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22394776/slovakia-to-relocate-1-3-billion-from-eu-funds-to-combat-impacts-of-the-pandemic.html | 2020-04-30 |
| The Slovak National Human Rights Centre called on the Police Corps President Milan to check on the case. | Negative | The Interior Ministry inspectorate is dealing with allegations that police officers beat children from a quarantined marginalised settlement in the easternSlovak town of Krompachy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22394831/inspectorate-deals-with-police-intervention-against-roma-children-in-krompachy.html | 2020-04-30 |
| The alternative volumeregulated portable lung ventilator Qvent constructed by young Slovak scientists is being massproduced. | Positive | The alternative volumeregulated portable lung ventilator Qvent constructed by young Slovak scientists is being massproduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393436/good-news-from-slovakia-serial-production-of-lung-ventilator-designed-by-slovak-scientists-launched.html | 2020-04-29 |
| The creators believed that Slovak government institutions will support the mass production of the developed ventilator so it will be possible to test the Qvent in real clinical conditions. | Positive | The alternative volumeregulated portable lung ventilator Qvent constructed by young Slovak scientists is being massproduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393436/good-news-from-slovakia-serial-production-of-lung-ventilator-designed-by-slovak-scientists-launched.html | 2020-04-29 |
| People in Slovakia are slightly more concerned about the economic problems the pandemic will cause rather than infection itself a recent survey has shown. | Negative | People in Slovakia are slightly more concerned about the economic problems the pandemic will cause rather than infection itself a recent survey has shown. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393399/slovakia-and-coronavirus-people-fear-for-the-economy-the-most.html | 2020-04-29 |
| They also believe that with the support of Slovak regulators they will be able to ensure an extraordinarily quick certification of the device. | Positive | The alternative volumeregulated portable lung ventilator Qvent constructed by young Slovak scientists is being massproduced. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393436/good-news-from-slovakia-serial-production-of-lung-ventilator-designed-by-slovak-scientists-launched.html | 2020-04-29 |
| More than 80 percent of inhabitants of Slovakia are concerned about the impact the COVID19 pandemic will have on the national economy. | Negative | People in Slovakia are slightly more concerned about the economic problems the pandemic will cause rather than infection itself a recent survey has shown. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393399/slovakia-and-coronavirus-people-fear-for-the-economy-the-most.html | 2020-04-29 |
| The British government as well as the Slovak one recommends avoiding travel around the world until the situation has substantially improved. | Negative | The lowbudget air company Wizz Air announced a plan to relaunch some flights from London Luton on May 1. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393390/wizz-air-plans-to-re-launch-some-flights-from-london-luton.html | 2020-04-29 |
| Among EU citizens the largest group in Slovakia were Romanians followed by Czechs and Hungarians | Neutral | The coronavirus pandemic has not influenced the number of foreigners working in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22393924/pandemic-did-not-affect-the-number-of-foreign-workers-in-slovakia.html | 2020-04-29 |
| Richard Lewis Daniel J. Stoll and Rick believed the Slovak market could support a larger Englishlanguage newspaper published more frequently | Positive | The idea for The Slovak Spectator found its roots in late October 1994. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22388276/the-slovak-spectator-25th-anniversary-founders-memories-of-early-days.html | 2020-04-25 |
| Disinfectants made in Slovakia in Trnava Leopoldov and can now be exported abroad under the condition that all domestic orders are met | Positive | Zvolen hospital launched COVID19 testing on demand | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22391309/situation-improves-easing-measures-further-discussed-news-digest.html | 2020-04-25 |
| Economists endorse this regional perspective to make ensure that the rest of Slovakia does not suffer economically. | Positive | Lifting anticoronavirus measures may look different regionally or locally in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22391343/some-districts-might-ease-restrictions-slower-than-others.html | 2020-04-25 |
| The institute also managed to prove that the total lockdown that PM Igor proposed for Slovakia a few weeks ago would not solve anything. | Negative | The disciplined attitude of most inhabitants has helped significantly lower the spread of the new coronavirus and the time has come for a controlled exit strategy to be applied. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22391069/new-prognosis-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-dropped-under-the-critical-limit.html | 2020-04-25 |
| The updated prognosis of the coronavirus epidemic in Slovakia describes three scenarios. | Negative | The disciplined attitude of most inhabitants has helped significantly lower the spread of the new coronavirus and the time has come for a controlled exit strategy to be applied. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22391069/new-prognosis-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-dropped-under-the-critical-limit.html | 2020-04-25 |
| Slovakia ranks ninth in alcohol consumption globally with 12 litres of alcohol a year | Negative | The coronavirus situation has added to the increasing alcohol consumption in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22390167/alcohol-consumption-is-on-the-rise.html | 2020-04-24 |
| before the coronavirus outbreak in Slovakia incomes are projected to drop by nearly | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic will have a negative impact on the collection of taxes and payroll levies. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22390611/coronavirus-crisis-will-reduce-tax-incomes.html | 2020-04-24 |
| Slovakia has officially joined a prestigious GLOBE programme sponsored by NASA on this years Earth Day which falls on April 22 | Positive | Slovakia has officially joined a prestigious GLOBE programme sponsored by NASA on this years Earth Day which falls on April 22 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22390593/slovakia-joins-prestigious-nasa-sponsored-programme.html | 2020-04-24 |
| I would like to congratulate Slovakia which has become the youngest member of our GLOBE said GLOBE Partner Peter Falcon. | Positive | Slovakia has officially joined a prestigious GLOBE programme sponsored by NASA on this years Earth Day which falls on April 22 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22390593/slovakia-joins-prestigious-nasa-sponsored-programme.html | 2020-04-24 |
| Outdoor markets in Slovakia opened on April 22 as part of the first phase of liberating the measures adopted to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. | Positive | Outdoor markets in Slovakia opened on April 22 as part of the first phase of liberating the measures adopted to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22389087/outdoor-markets-have-opened.html | 2020-04-23 |
| Slovakias authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning | Neutral | 45 more people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on April 21 increasing the total number to 1244. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365153/slovakia-coronavirus-disease-statistics-number-of-patients.html | 2020-04-23 |
| The house search at house in central Slovakia is linked to suspected machinations in a public procurement. | Negative | The house search at house in central Slovakia is linked to suspected machinations in a public procurement. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22388075/police-searches-house-of-former-head-of-material-reserves.html | 2020-04-22 |
| Most seniors in Slovakia obey the measures remain calm and believe they can make it through the crisis. | Positive | Most seniors in Slovakia obey the measures remain calm and believe they can make it through the crisis. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22388634/elderly-people-keep-calm-and-obey-measures-survey-shows.html | 2020-04-22 |
| It is the most ambitious statement so in its attempt to move Slovakia to become better PM Igor wrote on Facebook just before it was passed. | Positive | It is the most ambitious statement so in its attempt to move Slovakia to become better PM Igor wrote on Facebook just before it was passed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22386625/we-will-always-tell-the-truth-matovic-government-promises-in-its-programme-document.html | 2020-04-20 |
| Compared to neighbouring countries Slovakia is behind in lifting the lockdown despite the fact that it has the lowest number of coronavirus infections even in the per capita comparison. | Negative | When will Slovakia open more Will travelling to the sea be possible this What will happen with summer Will children go to schools before the end of this school | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22385645/first-the-shops-will-open-but-you-better-forget-about-sea-holidays-this-summer.html | 2020-04-18 |
| Do you think the Slovak government is providing adequate aid for the selfemployed struggling due to | Neutral | The Slovak Spectator spoke to Ben Pascoe owner of cafe Next Kerim Hudson coowner of backpack maker Jose Vintimilla coowner of and Nicolas Giroux cofounder of nonprofit KC Bystro. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22385299/foreign-business-owners-feel-a-little-safer-in-slovakia-than-in-their-home-countries.html | 2020-04-18 |
| One person died of the coronavirus in Slovakia a client from the retirement home in Pezinok where an outbreak was reported over Easter. | Negative | One person died of the coronavirus in Slovakia a client from the retirement home in Pezinok where an outbreak was reported over Easter. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22385991/one-more-victim-new-rules-on-borders-and-changes-in-public-transport-news-digest.html | 2020-04-18 |
| When will Slovakia open more Will travelling to the sea be possible this What will happen with summer Will children go to schools before the end of this school | Positive | When will Slovakia open more Will travelling to the sea be possible this What will happen with summer Will children go to schools before the end of this school | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22385645/first-the-shops-will-open-but-you-better-forget-about-sea-holidays-this-summer.html | 2020-04-18 |
| The scammers exploit the logos of The Slovak Spectator the publicservice broadcaster RTVS and private news channel TA3 claiming they have reported about the topic. | Negative | The scammers exploit the logos of The Slovak Spectator the publicservice broadcaster RTVS and private news channel TA3 claiming they have reported about the topic. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22384677/scammers-exploited-the-name-of-ex-prime-minister.html | 2020-04-17 |
| The largest employer in the region the Embraco Slovakia company has suspended its production. | Negative | The largest employer in the region the Embraco Slovakia company has suspended its production. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22383737/the-largest-employer-in-spis-suspends-its-production.html | 2020-04-16 |
| Slovakias intelligence service will have a new head. | Neutral | Slovakias intelligence service will have a new head. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22383732/slovakias-intelligence-service-has-new-head.html | 2020-04-16 |
| The further operation of Embraco Slovakia will depend on the Italian plant which is currently closed and its decision whether to restore production. | Negative | The largest employer in the region the Embraco Slovakia company has suspended its production. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22383737/the-largest-employer-in-spis-suspends-its-production.html | 2020-04-16 |
| Foreigners living in Slovakia should prepare for several changes caused by the current coronavirus crisis. | Negative | Foreigners living in Slovakia should prepare for several changes caused by the current coronavirus crisis. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22382290/foreigners-police-updates-due-to-the-coronavirus.html | 2020-04-14 |
| This stems from a survey carried out by the Teach for Slovakia programme in early April among its participants who teach at private and secondary schools. | Positive | Measures adopted to stop the coronavirus disease from spreading in Slovakia are having a negative effect on poorer pupils. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22380674/coronavirus-measures-negatively-impact-pupils-from-poor-backgrounds.html | 2020-04-10 |
| Scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences will now help teach pupils more about biology and history. | Positive | Scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences will now help teach pupils more about biology and history. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22380667/good-news-from-slovakia-the-sav-will-help-teach-pupils.html | 2020-04-10 |
| When Slovak student Denis Dufala arrived in Latvia in January for his Erasmus student exchange he did not know his experience was going to be much shorter than he expected. | Positive | When Slovak student Denis Dufala arrived in Latvia in January for his Erasmus student exchange he did not know his experience was going to be much shorter than he expected. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22380335/from-abroad-to-slovakia-what-repatriations-look-like.html | 2020-04-10 |
| Slovak citizens and foreigners with exceptions may still return home on their own. | Positive | When Slovak student Denis Dufala arrived in Latvia in January for his Erasmus student exchange he did not know his experience was going to be much shorter than he expected. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22380335/from-abroad-to-slovakia-what-repatriations-look-like.html | 2020-04-10 |
| Measures adopted to stop the coronavirus disease from spreading in Slovakia are having a negative effect on poorer pupils. | Negative | Measures adopted to stop the coronavirus disease from spreading in Slovakia are having a negative effect on poorer pupils. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22380674/coronavirus-measures-negatively-impact-pupils-from-poor-backgrounds.html | 2020-04-10 |
| carmaker Kia Motors Slovakia donated to purchase ventilators for Slovak hospitals. | Positive | carmaker Kia Motors Slovakia donated to purchase ventilators for Slovak hospitals. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22379266/good-news-from-slovakia-kia-donated-200000-to-purchase-ventilators.html | 2020-04-09 |
| He also appreciated that the company is the first of four carmakers in Slovakia to restore its production on April 6 with twoshift operation. | Positive | carmaker Kia Motors Slovakia donated to purchase ventilators for Slovak hospitals. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22379266/good-news-from-slovakia-kia-donated-200000-to-purchase-ventilators.html | 2020-04-09 |
| The volunteers from Kia Motors Slovakia have participated in the distribution of masks as part of the cooperation with the town of and the Slovak Red Cross. | Positive | carmaker Kia Motors Slovakia donated to purchase ventilators for Slovak hospitals. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22379266/good-news-from-slovakia-kia-donated-200000-to-purchase-ventilators.html | 2020-04-09 |
| The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights called on opinion leaders to lead the society to tolerance and inclusion towards Roma communities | Positive | I trust that todays situation will not negatively impact our coherence which we need perhaps most of all in our further fight with the coronavirus | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22379845/pm-talks-about-covid-19-explosions-in-roma-communities-on-international-roma-day-news-digest.html | 2020-04-09 |
| Clients in Slovakia most frequently use MasterCard Visa and American Express cards | Positive | In 2019 almost 5 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22379842/coronavirus-increases-cap-for-contactless-payments.html | 2020-04-09 |
| He called on other Slovak scientists and researchers to take part in the research. | Positive | Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378330/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-are-developing-their-own-tests.html | 2020-04-08 |
| We want Slovakia to be selfsufficient in testing said Robert a top scientist who is a member of the permanent crisis staff. | Positive | Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378330/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-are-developing-their-own-tests.html | 2020-04-08 |
| The tests are tailormade for the SARSCov2 virus strains specifically found in Slovakia which allow them to provide reliable diagnoses in the earlier stages of the infection. | Positive | Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378330/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-are-developing-their-own-tests.html | 2020-04-08 |
| They simply want to help Slovakia because they consider it to be their Alona Kurotova coordinator of the initiative told The Slovak Spectator. | Positive | They simply want to help Slovakia because they consider it to be their Alona Kurotova coordinator of the initiative told The Slovak Spectator. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378506/foreign-medical-workers-living-in-slovakia-ready-to-help-with-coronavirus-crisis.html | 2020-04-08 |
| financial technology companies banks and others in Slovakia seized the chances and opportunities the directive PSD2 has brought | Positive | read in this | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22377509/digital-banking-is-becoming-a-reality-in-slovakia.html | 2020-04-08 |
| Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | Positive | Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378330/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-are-developing-their-own-tests.html | 2020-04-08 |
| Slovak scientists are developing their own coronavirus tests the socalled PCR tests that are the most reliable way of testing people for the coronavirus. | Positive | Slovakia should soon be able to test more than the few hundred people daily that it has done so far. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378330/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-are-developing-their-own-tests.html | 2020-04-08 |
| Due to the coronavirus pandemic restaurants and bars across Slovakia need to stay closed | Negative | Due to the coronavirus pandemic restaurants and bars across Slovakia need to stay closed | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22378015/which-places-in-bratislava-offer-drive-through-food.html | 2020-04-07 |
| Slovakias hospitals are expected to receive 300 new lung ventilators | Positive | Slovakias hospitals are expected to receive 300 new lung ventilators | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22377454/good-news-from-slovakia-a-private-company-will-produce-lung-ventilators-for-hospitals.html | 2020-04-07 |
| Ordinary people in Slovakia will not be able to buy FFP2 and FFP3 type respirators. | Negative | Ordinary people in Slovakia will not be able to buy FFP2 and FFP3 type respirators. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22377476/the-sale-of-certain-respirators-in-slovakia-has-been-banned.html | 2020-04-07 |
| All those who arrive in Slovakia as of Monday April 6 at must go into isolation at one of the staterun facilities | Negative | All those who arrive in Slovakia as of Monday April 6 at must go into isolation at one of the staterun facilities | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22376930/testing-reaches-four-digits-and-aid-for-business-starts-news-digest.html | 2020-04-06 |
| The police have published the list of border crossings that those returning to Slovakia can use on their way home. | Neutral | All those who arrive in Slovakia as of Monday April 6 at must go into isolation at one of the staterun facilities | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22376930/testing-reaches-four-digits-and-aid-for-business-starts-news-digest.html | 2020-04-06 |
| Slovakias entrepreneurs who have lost income due to the coronavirus will be able to request financial aid from the state as of Monday April 6. | Positive | Slovakias entrepreneurs who have lost income due to the coronavirus will be able to request financial aid from the state as of Monday April 6. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22376903/businesses-can-request-aid-as-of-monday.html | 2020-04-06 |
| People in Slovakia will not be able to buy the April issue of the Nota Bene magazine sold by the homeless in the streets. | Negative | People in Slovakia will not be able to buy the April issue of the Nota Bene magazine sold by the homeless in the streets. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22375270/help-homeless-people-survive-hard-times.html | 2020-04-03 |
| The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava used a 3D printer to manufacture respirators from a special material. | Positive | The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava used a 3D printer to manufacture respirators from a special material. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22374749/good-news-from-slovakia-stu-printed-respirators-from-special-material.html | 2020-04-03 |
| People in most Slovak regions should prepare for a cold night. | Negative | People in most Slovak regions should prepare for a cold night. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22374619/shmu-low-temperatures-weather-warning-april-2.html | 2020-04-03 |
| If the current situation continues and the government fails to prepare targeted measures many important investors in Slovakia will most probably drop away during the summer. | Negative | The most important measures to help an economy suffering from the coronavirus pandemic should be of a fiscal and employment nature. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22375268/most-companies-wont-survive-the-summer-without-state-help.html | 2020-04-03 |
| The institute now published a new model using more precise data which makes the outlook for Slovakia in coping with the coronavirus look more optimistic than the original model. | Positive | The institute now published a new model using more precise data which makes the outlook for Slovakia in coping with the coronavirus look more optimistic than the original model. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22372641/prediction-of-coronavirus-in-slovakia-new-model-counts-with-fewer-infected-cases.html | 2020-04-01 |
| Former Slovak foreign affairs minister Miroslav is set to return to the western Balkans soon. | Positive | Former Slovak foreign affairs minister Miroslav is set to return to the western Balkans soon. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22372660/former-minister-lajcak-set-to-return-to-the-balkans.html | 2020-04-01 |
| Slovak women who are victims of domestic violence are seeking help less often following the coronavirus outbreak. | Negative | Slovak women who are victims of domestic violence are seeking help less often following the coronavirus outbreak. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22373236/domestically-abused-women-afraid-of-seeking-help-due-to-covid-19-measures.html | 2020-04-01 |
| The Who Helps Slovakia initiative has collected more than to help hospitals so far | Positive | The Who Helps Slovakia initiative has collected more than to help hospitals so far | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22373137/slovakia-probably-has-the-first-coronavirus-victim-economic-measures-news-overview.html | 2020-04-01 |
| Slovak employers are demanding the government to quickly launch an economic crisis staff to deal with economic measures for all employers and employees | Negative | The Who Helps Slovakia initiative has collected more than to help hospitals so far | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22373137/slovakia-probably-has-the-first-coronavirus-victim-economic-measures-news-overview.html | 2020-04-01 |
| Most people in Slovakia think the state is managing the current coronavirus crisis well and is providing accurate information under both former PM Peter Pellegrini and current PM Igor | Positive | Most people in Slovakia think the state is managing the current coronavirus crisis well and is providing accurate information under both former PM Peter Pellegrini and current PM Igor | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22371655/slovakia-agrees-with-wearing-masks-and-would-tolerate-a-curfew.html | 2020-03-31 |
| Austria which has about 3 million inhabitants more than Slovakia would like to achieve this number soon | Positive | PM Igor admitted on March 25 that only 300 tests are conducted per day although hygienists say the daily capacity is nearly 1000. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22368896/despite-a-daily-capacity-of-1000-only-300-tests-are-being-carried-out.html | 2020-03-27 |
| There are currently about 50 printers around Slovakia and anyone with a 3D printer is welcome to join the effort or contribute financially. | Positive | An initiative in Slovakia is making protective shields and distributing them to Slovakias hospitals | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22368362/helping-hospitals-with-shields-from-3d-printers.html | 2020-03-26 |
| Marian Kotleba chair of the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia also did not receive enough votes to lead the parliamentary committee to control activities of the Military Intelligence. | Positive | Blaha was running for the lead post in the parliamentary human rights committee | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22367767/two-parliamentary-committees-remain-without-chairs.html | 2020-03-26 |
| The situation Slovakia and the world are in resembles a guinea pig said vicegovernor of Slovakias central bank as he and his fellow analysts presented their outlook for the economy. | Negative | The situation Slovakia and the world are in resembles a guinea pig said vicegovernor of Slovakias central bank as he and his fellow analysts presented their outlook for the economy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22367474/bad-worse-or-worst-central-bank-shows-its-scenarios-for-slovak-economy.html | 2020-03-26 |
| The Slovak name for guinea pig literally translates as pig. | Neutral | The situation Slovakia and the world are in resembles a guinea pig said vicegovernor of Slovakias central bank as he and his fellow analysts presented their outlook for the economy. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22367474/bad-worse-or-worst-central-bank-shows-its-scenarios-for-slovak-economy.html | 2020-03-26 |
| An initiative in Slovakia is making protective shields and distributing them to Slovakias hospitals | Positive | An initiative in Slovakia is making protective shields and distributing them to Slovakias hospitals | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22368362/helping-hospitals-with-shields-from-3d-printers.html | 2020-03-26 |
| It is not clear how Slovakia wants to use the data. | Negative | Only the police and secret services had access to this kind of data so far to help them map serious crimes. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22367339/what-kind-of-data-the-slovak-government-wants-to-collect-on-people.html | 2020-03-25 |
| Slovakia which currently records 185 positive coronavirus cases should receive hundreds of thousands rapid tests that are not very reliable. | Negative | Such a person should not stay in the said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365616/matovic-criticises-covid-19-tests-head-of-the-material-reserves-will-be-dismissed.html | 2020-03-24 |
| After the Peter Pellegrini government resigned and new Health Minister Marek took over the department during the weekend he found out that Slovakia has only 13000 reliable tests in stock. | Negative | Such a person should not stay in the said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365616/matovic-criticises-covid-19-tests-head-of-the-material-reserves-will-be-dismissed.html | 2020-03-24 |
| So how many reliable tests does Slovakia currently have at its | Neutral | Such a person should not stay in the said. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365616/matovic-criticises-covid-19-tests-head-of-the-material-reserves-will-be-dismissed.html | 2020-03-24 |
| Yet there are still some fields in digitalisation where Slovakia needs to catch up with other countries. | Negative | Yet there are still some fields in digitalisation where Slovakia needs to catch up with other countries. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22365925/banks-insurers-in-slovakia-need-to-follow-digitalisation-trends-and-smart-solutions.html | 2020-03-24 |
| Slovakia has a new prime minister | Positive | Slovakia has a new prime minister | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364638/matovic-government-appointed.html | 2020-03-22 |
| Igor and his cabinet of ministers took over from Peter Pellegrini amid the biggest public health crisis Slovakia and the world has ever seen | Negative | Slovakia has a new prime minister | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364638/matovic-government-appointed.html | 2020-03-22 |
| She acknowledged the people of Slovakia elected the government to make fundamental changes but first the government must make sure they protect the lives of as many people as possible. | Positive | Slovakia has a new prime minister | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364638/matovic-government-appointed.html | 2020-03-22 |
| Slovakia was not ready for the coronavirus outbreak due partly to negligence said the newlyappointed PM Igor after the first session of his cabinet. | Negative | Slovakia was not ready for the coronavirus outbreak due partly to negligence said the newlyappointed PM Igor after the first session of his cabinet. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364753/matovic-after-his-first-cabinet-session-we-learned-a-lot-we-did-not-know.html | 2020-03-22 |
| noted that Slovakia at this point has many problems mainly the lack of trust in the state | Negative | Slovakia has a new prime minister | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364638/matovic-government-appointed.html | 2020-03-22 |
| It will become clear in the upcoming days whether Slovakia will be able to get more tests and if so how many of them. | Negative | Slovakia was not ready for the coronavirus outbreak due partly to negligence said the newlyappointed PM Igor after the first session of his cabinet. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364753/matovic-after-his-first-cabinet-session-we-learned-a-lot-we-did-not-know.html | 2020-03-22 |
| appreciated how Pellegrini cabinets reacted to the coronavirus situation in Slovakia and how Pellegrini managed to get on the same page with his successor Igor | Positive | Slovakia has a new prime minister | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364638/matovic-government-appointed.html | 2020-03-22 |
| Based on tradition in Slovakia the coalition gets the chairs of 12 committees while the opposition and the far right gets seven | Neutral | The freshly swornin MPs elected the top posts in the parliament and its committees at their very first session which took place under unusual hygienic measures due to the coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22364213/parliament-sworn-in-refused-blaha-and-kotleba-as-committee-chairs.html | 2020-03-21 |
| company Kia Motors Slovakia was the last carmaker in Slovakia to stay open | Negative | company Kia Motors Slovakia was the last carmaker in Slovakia to stay open | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22362871/zilina-based-kia-halts-production.html | 2020-03-20 |
| Virologists from the Institute of Virology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences managed to isolate the first Slovak coronavirus strains. | Negative | Virologists from the Institute of Virology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences managed to isolate the first Slovak coronavirus strains. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22362926/good-news-from-slovakia-scientists-isolated-first-slovak-coronavirus-strains.html | 2020-03-20 |
| The support will be provided to both public and private diagnostic institutions and laboratories in Slovakia that are certified for this type of diagnoses or to take samples. | Positive | Security software company Eset has joined the fight against the coronavirus pandemic | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22362894/eset-creates-a-fund-to-support-coronavirus-diagnoses.html | 2020-03-20 |
| Chair of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists Ondrej wrote an open letter to the PM refuting the claims that Slovak pharmacists are selling masks. | Negative | Pharmacies say they do not have enough protective measures such as gloves and respirators for their employees. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22361866/pharmacies-struggle-with-the-coronavirus-too.html | 2020-03-19 |
| Alpha medical is a Slovak private laboratory company that has been active on the market for 22 years | Positive | Drivethrough COVID19 testing will be launched in Slovakia as of Thursday March 19 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22362401/drive-through-covid-19-testing-site-opens-in-bratislava.html | 2020-03-19 |
| Slovakia finally knows the names of the nominees who will sit in the new government led by Igor of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities | Positive | Slovakia finally knows the names of the nominees who will sit in the new government led by Igor of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22361857/its-official-these-are-the-names-of-the-new-ministers.html | 2020-03-19 |
| The only carmaker in Slovakia that has not stopped its production is the Kia Motors Slovakia. | Negative | The activities related to the start of the Defender production will continue to an inevitable extent added. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22361840/jaguar-land-rover-stops-production-in-nitra.html | 2020-03-19 |
| It is still not clear how the current closure of all schools in Slovakia due to the coronavirus pandemic will influence the current school year and upcoming schoolleaving exams. | Negative | It is still not clear how the current closure of all schools in Slovakia due to the coronavirus pandemic will influence the current school year and upcoming schoolleaving exams. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22362449/schools-will-remain-closed-until-the-end-of-march-maybe-longer.html | 2020-03-19 |
| In Slovakias history as an independent nation no new government has ever taken office during a national emergency. | Negative | In Slovakias history as an independent nation no new government has ever taken office during a national emergency. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22361594/government-in-the-time-of-coronavirus.html | 2020-03-18 |
| Medical staff in Slovakia may soon receive the first batch of protective and medical equipment made by the Zornica company from nad Bebravou | Positive | Medical staff in Slovakia may soon receive the first batch of protective and medical equipment made by the Zornica company from nad Bebravou | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22361494/masks-and-gloves-begun-to-be-distributed-to-doctors-surgeries.html | 2020-03-18 |
| This applies to the model of measures that Slovakia has been following in the past few days | Neutral | A high number of increases in new patients will then last for 15 to 20 more days before it starts slowly decreasing. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22360829/state-analysts-coronavirus-infections-to-peak-at-the-turn-of-april.html | 2020-03-18 |
| The Slovak company is owned by multinational concern Thermo Fisher Scientific. | Positive | The machines are necessary mainly for patients who are in critical condition due to the coronavirus infection | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22360863/three-pieces-of-good-news-from-slovakia-and-the-czech-republic-about-coronavirus.html | 2020-03-18 |
| People with permanent or temporary residence living in Slovakia for more than 90 days who have returned from abroad have to stay in mandatory home quarantine for 14 days. | Negative | People with permanent or temporary residence living in Slovakia for more than 90 days who have returned from abroad have to stay in mandatory home quarantine for 14 days. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359623/what-does-home-quarantine-mean.html | 2020-03-17 |
| The state of emergency that was announced in Slovakia as of March 12 remains in place. | Negative | The state of emergency that was announced in Slovakia as of March 12 remains in place. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359303/new-measures-national-emergency-and-further-limits-to-business.html | 2020-03-16 |
| Slovakia has 61 positive COVID19 patients | Negative | The state of emergency that was announced in Slovakia as of March 12 remains in place. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359303/new-measures-national-emergency-and-further-limits-to-business.html | 2020-03-16 |
| The Foreign Ministry has been assigned to organise the repatriation of Slovak citizens who are located outside the country and want to return to Slovakia. | Negative | The state of emergency that was announced in Slovakia as of March 12 remains in place. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359303/new-measures-national-emergency-and-further-limits-to-business.html | 2020-03-16 |
| It is only and only up to us all what the course of the virus in Slovakia will be like | Negative | It is only and only up to us all what the course of the virus in Slovakia will be like | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22359210/61-cases-as-of-sunday-evening-overview.html | 2020-03-16 |
| Slovakia has 12 new cases of the coronavirus PM Peter Pellegrini reported on March 14 | Negative | are trying to ensure you can find all the answers you might need regarding the measures in Slovakia | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22358626/slovakia-has-12-new-coronavirus-cases.html | 2020-03-15 |
| As strict measures are implemented to stop the spread of Covid19 in Slovakia the incoming government is facing a significant challenge from the virus economic experts have said. | Negative | in this | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22357461/new-government-faces-covid-19-challenge.html | 2020-03-13 |
| Slovakia dispatched 188 police officers within the Frontex operational activities in 2019 and is ready to send probably the same number to areas where they will be needed. | Positive | Eight Slovak police officers have been dispatched to Greece to help it guard the border with Turkey. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356680/eight-police-officers-will-help-at-borders-with-turkey.html | 2020-03-13 |
| Meanwhile the coronavirus outbreak will see Slovakia take a financial hit from the implementation of emergency measures and as the countrys economy slows. | Negative | in this | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22357461/new-government-faces-covid-19-challenge.html | 2020-03-13 |
| According to his information about 100000 Slovaks have visited Italy in the past three weeks. | Negative | He is also critical of the approach of outgoing PM Peter Pellegrini to the measures adopted in connection with the coronavirus outbreak. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356740/the-incoming-pm-matovic-critical-of-governmental-measures-against-coronavirus.html | 2020-03-13 |
| Following an example from Italy the bank in Slovakia has offered its customers and businesses the chance to postpone their instalments without any additional costs. | Positive | Following an example from Italy the bank in Slovakia has offered its customers and businesses the chance to postpone their instalments without any additional costs. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22357339/vub-prepared-to-defer-clients-debt-repayments-due-to-covid-19.html | 2020-03-13 |
| Eight Slovak police officers have been dispatched to Greece to help it guard the border with Turkey. | Positive | Eight Slovak police officers have been dispatched to Greece to help it guard the border with Turkey. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356680/eight-police-officers-will-help-at-borders-with-turkey.html | 2020-03-13 |
| The Slovak police officers will be placed at the Kastanies border crossing | Positive | Eight Slovak police officers have been dispatched to Greece to help it guard the border with Turkey. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356680/eight-police-officers-will-help-at-borders-with-turkey.html | 2020-03-13 |
| Volkswagen Slovakia in Bratislava has not been affected by the situation yet according to Lucia spokesperson of Volkswagen Slovakia. | Positive | For now carmakers are not reporting any problems. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356239/covid-19-to-slow-down-slovak-economy.html | 2020-03-12 |
| There are currently 10 cases of the COVID19 infection in Slovakia 624 people have been tested so far | Negative | It applies as of Thursday 6 am | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356341/state-of-emergency-over-coronavirus-what-does-it-mean-qa.html | 2020-03-12 |
| In the course of a few days Slovakia has run out of masks sold in pharmacies and online shops due to the coronavirus. | Negative | In the course of a few days Slovakia has run out of masks sold in pharmacies and online shops due to the coronavirus. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22354255/a-shirt-producer-will-supply-slovakia-with-missing-face-masks.html | 2020-03-12 |
| PM Peter Pellegrini mentioned a Slovak company that owns lung ventilators and is considering selling them to Poland | Negative | It applies as of Thursday 6 am | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356341/state-of-emergency-over-coronavirus-what-does-it-mean-qa.html | 2020-03-12 |
| Currently only those arriving to Slovakia from Italy China South Korea and Iran are required to stay at home quarantine for 14 days. | Negative | An emergency situation will apply for all of Slovakia as of Thursday March 12. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356193/emergency-situation-applies-from-thursday-morning.html | 2020-03-12 |
| At the moment Kia Motors Slovakia is producing in standard spokesperson of Kia Motors Slovakia in nad said to The Slovak Spectator. | Positive | For now carmakers are not reporting any problems. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22356239/covid-19-to-slow-down-slovak-economy.html | 2020-03-12 |
| More cases of the coronavirus infection can be expected in Slovakia after the first persons were diagnosed this and last week. | Negative | More cases of the coronavirus infection can be expected in Slovakia after the first persons were diagnosed this and last week. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22354409/do-i-have-the-new-coronavirus-how-to-proceed-if-you-have-a-suspicion.html | 2020-03-11 |
| European and Slovak tourism have recorded drops in two waves so far | Negative | The steep decrease in demand for travelling has already affected the Slovak market | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22354586/coronavirus-travel-agencies-in-slovakia-started-taking-preventive-measures.html | 2020-03-11 |
| A school in Slovakia will close its doors for two days due to a suspected case of the coronavirus | Negative | A school in Slovakia will close its doors for two days due to a suspected case of the coronavirus | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22350514/bratislava-secondary-school-closed-over-covid-19-suspicion.html | 2020-03-07 |
| One year later Slovakia has elected its new parliament and it is plain to see just from the list of elected MPs that liberal politics is not going to prevail. | Negative | One year later Slovakia has elected its new parliament and it is plain to see just from the list of elected MPs that liberal politics is not going to prevail. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22350067/slovakia-to-get-its-most-conservative-parliament-where-does-that-leave-reproductive-rights.html | 2020-03-06 |
| Marian Kotleba chair of the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia may spend eight years in prison. | Negative | Marian Kotleba chair of the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia may spend eight years in prison. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22351376/kotleba-may-be-jailed-for-up-to-8-years-for-controversial-cheques.html | 2020-03-06 |
| Instead Slovak courts issue sentences mostly in cases involving smaller bribes | Negative | To change the attitude of local councillors towards the rental flats he planned to build in the village the former mayor of Hodejov paid them a monthly bonus of | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22350289/slovakia-still-among-most-corrupt-eu-countries.html | 2020-03-06 |
| Slovakia needs a strong and legitimate government in a short time. | Positive | Slovakia needs a strong and legitimate government in a short time. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22350446/matovic-confirmed-to-work-on-his-cabinet-v4-to-jointly-fight-virus-news-digest.html | 2020-03-05 |
| Slovakia needs a strong and legitimate government in a short she told the press. | Positive | President Zuzana officially assigned the winner of the February 29 parliamentary election Igor with the creation of a new government. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22349885/president-assigns-matovic-to-create-government.html | 2020-03-05 |
| The population of the US city Pittsburgh equals the number of people in Slovakia who do not have direct access to a grocery store. | Neutral | The population of the US city Pittsburgh equals the number of people in Slovakia who do not have direct access to a grocery store. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22349459/most-small-settlements-are-without-a-grocery-store.html | 2020-03-04 |
| In Slovakia none of 211 people have tested positive as of March 3 | Positive | Besides durable food the biggest interest is in disinfection and antibacterial cosmetics | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22349000/shops-ran-out-of-anti-bacterial-soaps-in-anticipation-of-coronavirus.html | 2020-03-04 |
| Slovaks are no exception in rather they confirm the the daily wrote. | Neutral | It describes the movement as a politically amorphous proEuropean Union and proNATO movement focused on fighting corruption. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22338738/a-political-revolution-in-slovakia-foreign-media-respond-on-the-election-outcome.html | 2020-03-02 |
| Which grouping will have enough votes in Slovakias next parliament to put together a ruling | Positive | This is how the parliament would look based on the election result after 38 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22337028/slovakia-parliament-after-the-2020-election-coalition-potential.html | 2020-03-01 |
| That could mean a volatile government not what Slovakia needs amid a slowdown in its huge auto industry the worlds biggest per capita according to Bloomberg. | Negative | Several foreign media have already reported on the exit polls results published shortly after the polling stations closed in Slovakia on February 29. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22338347/2020-parliamentary-election-slovakia-foreign-media-reports.html | 2020-03-01 |
| Slovakia elects its representatives for the national parliament for the eighth time since becoming independent. | Neutral | Slovakia elects its representatives for the national parliament for the eighth time since becoming independent. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22337580/2020-elections-polling-stations-opened.html | 2020-03-01 |
| Most Slovaks are returning from the UK Spain Italy Germany the Netherlands Switzerland France Sweden Denmark and Belgium where most of them work or study. | Positive | A record number of Slovaks living abroad decided to return home before the February 29 elections. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22336603/slovaks-fly-home-for-2020-elections-in-record-numbers.html | 2020-02-28 |
| Slovakia needs to change how it tests the Slovak language skills of applicants for Slovak citizenship the countrys ombudswoman believes. | Neutral | Slovakia needs to change how it tests the Slovak language skills of applicants for Slovak citizenship the countrys ombudswoman believes. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22336004/ombudswoman-slovakia-should-change-its-citizenship-law.html | 2020-02-28 |
| A record number of Slovaks living abroad decided to return home before the February 29 elections. | Neutral | A record number of Slovaks living abroad decided to return home before the February 29 elections. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22336603/slovaks-fly-home-for-2020-elections-in-record-numbers.html | 2020-02-28 |
| Meanwhile some 86000 Slovaks living abroad have already been reported to have cast their vote by post. | Neutral | A record number of Slovaks living abroad decided to return home before the February 29 elections. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22336603/slovaks-fly-home-for-2020-elections-in-record-numbers.html | 2020-02-28 |
| When applying our data to the whole Slovak flight ticket market it adds up to thousands of he added. | Neutral | A record number of Slovaks living abroad decided to return home before the February 29 elections. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22336603/slovaks-fly-home-for-2020-elections-in-record-numbers.html | 2020-02-28 |
| Slovaks are learning to cope with election blackouts | Negative | Slovaks are learning to cope with election blackouts | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22334249/slovak-far-right-courts-youth-vote-in-pivotal-ballot.html | 2020-02-27 |
| All three top constitutional officials called on the people to turn out to vote on Saturday when the tenth parliamentary election in Slovakias post1993 history takes place. | Positive | Slovakias three top constitutional officials the president prime minister and parliaments speaker all spoke to the nation on the publicservice television on the last evening of the election campaign. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22335649/caputova-said-election-is-not-the-end-of-the-road-danko-believes-slovakia-is-at-a-crossroad-of-history.html | 2020-02-27 |
| As of on Thursday the moratorium starts in Slovakia during which direct promotion of politicians or political parties is no longer allowed. | Negative | Slovakias three top constitutional officials the president prime minister and parliaments speaker all spoke to the nation on the publicservice television on the last evening of the election campaign. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22335649/caputova-said-election-is-not-the-end-of-the-road-danko-believes-slovakia-is-at-a-crossroad-of-history.html | 2020-02-27 |
| 4 million pensioners in Slovakia will receive a pension increase of several hundreds of euros this November | Neutral | Up to 1 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22334599/parliament-rejects-istanbul-and-approves-13th-pensions.html | 2020-02-26 |
| No Slovak political party offers goals ambitious enough to tackle climate change. | Positive | No Slovak political party offers goals ambitious enough to tackle climate change. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22334524/climate-crisis-survey-no-political-party-gets-a.html | 2020-02-26 |
| Wednesday February 26 is also the last days of the election campaign in Slovakia where a moratorium ahead of Saturdays parliamentary elections starts on Thursday morning. | Neutral | He is traveling to Moscow on February 26 on the invitation of Russia to meet his Russian counterpart PM Mikhail Mishustin. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22334107/pm-pellegrini-travels-to-moscow-two-days-before-election.html | 2020-02-26 |
| The rectors stressed that Slovakia belongs to the EU which is a guarantee of our geopolitical and value orientation. | Positive | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| The letter from bishops read in the churches across Slovakia has asked people not to be carried away by emotional mottos that invoke the feelings of being | Neutral | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| Were an open group with the aim to continue initiating activities under our main message in Slovak said Andrea manager and civic activist who has recently set up the initiative. | Positive | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| Similarly to the 2010 election Slovak bishops have also invited people to attend the vote all the while stressing the Church is not intending to enter the campaign. | Positive | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| The rectors of the two largest universities in Slovakia Comenius University in Bratislava and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava wanted to stress the importance of the upcoming elections. | Negative | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | Positive | Slovakia has seen several calls on people not to be indifferent and attend the upcoming February 29 election | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22333099/a-hard-no-to-extremism-and-fear-mongering-ahead-of-elections.html | 2020-02-25 |
| Slovak diplomacy keeps its prowestern orientation making it stand out in the region Thibault Muzergues French analyst and Europe Program Director for the International Republican Institute told the Sme daily. | Positive | Slovak diplomacy keeps its prowestern orientation making it stand out in the region Thibault Muzergues French analyst and Europe Program Director for the International Republican Institute told the Sme daily. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330737/thibault-muzergues-diplomacy-slovakia-v4-germany-france-caputova.html | 2020-02-22 |
| The problem of Slovakia also is that its a new country so it doesnt have the history of countries like Hungary or Poland | Negative | Slovak diplomacy keeps its prowestern orientation making it stand out in the region Thibault Muzergues French analyst and Europe Program Director for the International Republican Institute told the Sme daily. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330737/thibault-muzergues-diplomacy-slovakia-v4-germany-france-caputova.html | 2020-02-22 |
| Gatherings organised by the For a Decent Slovakia initiative under the For and Martina for a decent motto will take place in more than 50 places across Slovakia and abroad. | Positive | The young couple was shot to death on February 21 2018 in their house in | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22331183/jan-kuciak-and-martina-kusnirova-remembered-by-diplomatic-community.html | 2020-02-22 |
| About 10700 people in Slovakia live within 500 metres from legal landfills while further thousands of people live within 100 metres from bigger illegal waste dumps. | Negative | About 10700 people in Slovakia live within 500 metres from legal landfills while further thousands of people live within 100 metres from bigger illegal waste dumps. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330482/thousands-of-people-in-slovakia-live-close-to-landfills.html | 2020-02-21 |
| In addition For a Decent Slovakia plans to organise other events between February 21 and 29 across the country titled Kuciak and Martina | Positive | Several commemorative events are planned on the occasion of the second anniversary of the murders of investigative reporter Kuciak and his Martina | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330447/several-events-will-commemorate-two-years-since-the-murders-of-kuciak-and-kusnirova.html | 2020-02-21 |
| About 270 illegal constructions situated on the banks of the dam in eastern Slovakia will soon be removed from their current spots. | Negative | About 270 illegal constructions situated on the banks of the dam in eastern Slovakia will soon be removed from their current spots. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22329554/water-management-started-to-remove-illegal-objects-from-surrounding-of-domasa-dam.html | 2020-02-20 |
| Slovaks will design communication technologies NATO will use in its operations. | Positive | Slovaks will design communication technologies NATO will use in its operations. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22329543/slovak-company-won-nato-tender.html | 2020-02-20 |
| If an increased number of migrants plan to cross the southern Hungarian borders Slovakia would be ready to help Hungary with the necessary number of police officers and technology. | Positive | If an increased number of migrants plan to cross the southern Hungarian borders Slovakia would be ready to help Hungary with the necessary number of police officers and technology. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22327685/pellegrini-and-orban-visit-hungarian-serbian-border-shortly-before-election.html | 2020-02-18 |
| Firstgraders in Slovak schools are not as agile as their peers have been in the past. | Negative | Firstgraders in Slovak schools are not as agile as their peers have been in the past. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22325630/economic-well-being-of-slovak-families-affects-childrens-mobility.html | 2020-02-14 |
| So that Slovakia does not lose its competitive advantage support of such an investment and unique project in the field of development of car batteries is strategically said | Positive | The Slovak cabinet has allocated million for InoBat Auto the company behind the research development and production of barriers for electric cars. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323092/gigafactory-in-slovakia-is-closer.html | 2020-02-12 |
| If secondary school students were to decide the upcoming election the Progressive Slovakia coalition would win the election with 23 | Positive | If secondary school students were to decide the upcoming election the Progressive Slovakia coalition would win the election with 23 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323212/who-would-win-parliamentary-election-among-youth.html | 2020-02-12 |
| The Slovak cabinet has allocated million for InoBat Auto the company behind the research development and production of barriers for electric cars. | Positive | The Slovak cabinet has allocated million for InoBat Auto the company behind the research development and production of barriers for electric cars. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323092/gigafactory-in-slovakia-is-closer.html | 2020-02-12 |
| As Slovakia produces the most cars per capita in the world it is very important to have such production said Finance Minister Ladislav as cited by the TASR newswire. | Positive | The Slovak cabinet has allocated million for InoBat Auto the company behind the research development and production of barriers for electric cars. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323092/gigafactory-in-slovakia-is-closer.html | 2020-02-12 |
| These are things that can help Slovakia maintain employment and economic growth said | Positive | The Slovak cabinet has allocated million for InoBat Auto the company behind the research development and production of barriers for electric cars. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323092/gigafactory-in-slovakia-is-closer.html | 2020-02-12 |
| Misinformation and hoaxes on the Slovak version of Facebook will be less visible and eventually removed. | Neutral | Misinformation and hoaxes on the Slovak version of Facebook will be less visible and eventually removed. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22323771/afp-announced-to-fact-check-facebook-content-in-slovakia.html | 2020-02-12 |
| The inhabitants of several districts in western Slovakia should prepare for extremely windy days. | Neutral | The inhabitants of several districts in western Slovakia should prepare for extremely windy days. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22322179/wind-speed-in-western-slovakia-may-exceed-100-km-h.html | 2020-02-11 |
| But as Gabriel director of TIS told The Slovak Spectator the existence of such an account does not automatically mean there are no question marks over a partys campaign financing. | Neutral | Despite strict rules on campaign transparency for parliamentary elections later this month some political parties are running more transparent campaigns than others according to corruption watchdog Transparency International Slovakia | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22320397/which-party-has-the-most-transparent-campaign.html | 2020-02-08 |
| Unlike the parliamentary elections Slovaks are not allowed to vote from abroad when other types of elections are held. | Negative | Unlike the parliamentary elections Slovaks are not allowed to vote from abroad when other types of elections are held. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22320260/the-court-rejects-mps-complaint-about-the-right-to-vote-from-abroad.html | 2020-02-07 |
| Slovak ministries state institutions and state companies procure goods and services twice longer in comparison with the Czech Republic | Neutral | Slovak ministries state institutions and state companies procure goods and services twice longer in comparison with the Czech Republic | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22318696/public-procurement-takes-double-the-time-than-in-the-czech-republic.html | 2020-02-06 |
| A total of million will be invested in this project while VW Slovakia has already applied for a million investment stimulus in the form of tax relief. | Positive | A total of million will be invested in this project while VW Slovakia has already applied for a million investment stimulus in the form of tax relief. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22319174/slovakia-jumps-on-the-electronic-wave.html | 2020-02-06 |
| That is how most young people in Slovakia see their homeland in geopolitical terms | Neutral | A bridge between east and west | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22318674/youth-in-slovakia-most-critical-toward-the-us-among-v4-peers.html | 2020-02-06 |
| The study has also shown that about 73 percent of Slovaks aged 18 to 24 would vote to remain in the EU. | Neutral | A bridge between east and west | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22318674/youth-in-slovakia-most-critical-toward-the-us-among-v4-peers.html | 2020-02-06 |
| Regarding the world beyond Europes borders respondents in Slovakia show the most negative attitude towards the US among all countries of the Visegrad Group or V4 Hungary Czech Republic and | Negative | A bridge between east and west | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22318674/youth-in-slovakia-most-critical-toward-the-us-among-v4-peers.html | 2020-02-06 |
| Otherwise Slovakia risks not being interesting for BSCs which we cant afford in good economic times let alone bad said Gabriel BSCFs chair. | Negative | An employerfriendly labour code and low labour costs made Slovakia attractive for multinational companies to set up business service centres here in the previous two decades. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22313619/more-flexible-and-modern-labour-legislation-required.html | 2020-02-05 |
| Although it is typical to talk about maternal leave in Slovakia ever more men are taking parental leave. | Negative | Although it is typical to talk about maternal leave in Slovakia ever more men are taking parental leave. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22316949/parental-leave-tips-how-to-increase-your-allowances.html | 2020-02-05 |
| The summer semester at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava may not start smoothly in midFebruary. | Negative | The summer semester at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava may not start smoothly in midFebruary. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22314782/a-heated-situation-at-one-of-stu-faculties-may-lead-to-a-strike.html | 2020-01-31 |
| Only British citizens and their families who come to Slovakia for the first time after December 31 2020 will be considered nonEU citizens. | Neutral | Only British citizens and their families who come to Slovakia for the first time after December 31 2020 will be considered nonEU citizens. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22313535/brexit-faq-uk-slovakia-residence-authorities.html | 2020-01-31 |
| From the overall number of 55141 Slovak citizens who applied to vote in the upcoming election the Interior Ministry knows about four such cases where someone reported missing ballots. | Negative | As the date of the parliamentary election approaches some of Slovakias citizens have already got the possibility to vote those who live abroad and who will vote by mail. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22313441/parliamentary-election-2020-some-slovaks-got-incomplete-set-of-ballots.html | 2020-01-30 |
| The Union of Slovakias Road Hauliers said on the evening of January 29 it had to stop protests at individual border crossings because of the polices intervention. | Negative | A protest of hauliers who have been blocking border crossings for two days caused problems for carmakers and other firms in Slovakia only a day after the strike began. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22313292/trnava-car-maker-stopped-production-because-of-hauliers-strike.html | 2020-01-30 |
| As the date of the parliamentary election approaches some of Slovakias citizens have already got the possibility to vote those who live abroad and who will vote by mail. | Neutral | As the date of the parliamentary election approaches some of Slovakias citizens have already got the possibility to vote those who live abroad and who will vote by mail. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22313441/parliamentary-election-2020-some-slovaks-got-incomplete-set-of-ballots.html | 2020-01-30 |
| The National Bank of Slovakia the countrys central bank is set to dismiss some of its employees. | Negative | The National Bank of Slovakia the countrys central bank is set to dismiss some of its employees. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22312873/slovakias-central-bank-rejects-claims-on-a-collective-lay-off.html | 2020-01-29 |
| Border crossings in Slovakia are blocked for haulage again. | Negative | Border crossings in Slovakia are blocked for haulage again. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22312331/hauliers-block-the-borders-again.html | 2020-01-29 |
| Unlike UNAS Slovakia has accepted the conditions presented by the Transport and Finance Ministries at their January 22 meeting. | Positive | Border crossings in Slovakia are blocked for haulage again. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22312331/hauliers-block-the-borders-again.html | 2020-01-29 |
| The Slovak Banking Association said last December that the banks will turn to the Constitutional Court. | Neutral | Banks in Slovakia have paid the first quarter of the bank levy to the state | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22311543/banks-paid-the-new-bank-levy-but-are-ready-to-challenge-it-in-court.html | 2020-01-28 |
| Banks in Slovakia have paid the first quarter of the bank levy to the state | Neutral | Banks in Slovakia have paid the first quarter of the bank levy to the state | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22311543/banks-paid-the-new-bank-levy-but-are-ready-to-challenge-it-in-court.html | 2020-01-28 |
| While the support of the senior ruling Smer party and farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia has dropped the opposition Ordinary People and Independent Personalities has increased the most. | Negative | While the support of the senior ruling Smer party and farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia has dropped the opposition Ordinary People and Independent Personalities has increased the most. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22311400/poll-far-right-down-slightly-olano-jumped-the-most.html | 2020-01-28 |
| Standard Poors moreover recommended that Slovakia strengthen its fiscal performance to improve its rating as well as decrease its net government debt. | Positive | Standard Poors moreover recommended that Slovakia strengthen its fiscal performance to improve its rating as well as decrease its net government debt. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22311956/slovakia-gets-a-from-standard-poors-again.html | 2020-01-28 |
| This is what one political party proposed every nongovernmental organisation in Slovakia that accepts money from abroad publish by law in its promotional materials and websites | Neutral | Watch A foreign agent | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309594/civil-society-seen-as-the-best-cure-to-safeguard-democracy.html | 2020-01-25 |
| He believes politicians in Slovakia sometimes neglect people which helps populists | Negative | Watch A foreign agent | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309594/civil-society-seen-as-the-best-cure-to-safeguard-democracy.html | 2020-01-25 |
| More young people in Slovakia are suffering from anxiety suicidal thoughts and other mental health problems | Negative | More young people in Slovakia are suffering from anxiety suicidal thoughts and other mental health problems | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309655/mental-health-not-seen-as-a-priority-by-the-state.html | 2020-01-25 |
| Slovakia does not perform well when it comes to the perception of corruption. | Negative | Slovakia does not perform well when it comes to the perception of corruption. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22308906/slovakia-still-does-not-punish-politicians-for-corruption.html | 2020-01-24 |
| To improve Slovakias position it would be necessary to elect trustworthy people to the leading posts at the prosecutors office and bring a satisfactory end to the politically sensitive case. | Positive | Slovakia does not perform well when it comes to the perception of corruption. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22308906/slovakia-still-does-not-punish-politicians-for-corruption.html | 2020-01-24 |
| A increasing number of Slovak companies are attracted by tax havens leading to a new record in 2019. | Positive | A increasing number of Slovak companies are attracted by tax havens leading to a new record in 2019. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309366/tax-havens-attract-a-record-high-number-of-slovak-firms.html | 2020-01-24 |
| The owners of Slovak companies residing there have a capital of | Neutral | A increasing number of Slovak companies are attracted by tax havens leading to a new record in 2019. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309366/tax-havens-attract-a-record-high-number-of-slovak-firms.html | 2020-01-24 |
| The Slovak passport is the 10th most powerful in the world together with Hungary and Lithuania. | Positive | The Slovak passport is the 10th most powerful in the world together with Hungary and Lithuania. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22309360/a-slovak-passport-ranked-one-of-the-worlds-powerful.html | 2020-01-24 |
| Slovak mountains claimed 40 lives last year which is eight more than a year before | Neutral | Slovak mountains claimed 40 lives last year which is eight more than a year before | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22306210/the-slovak-mountains-claimed-40-lives-last-year.html | 2020-01-21 |
| With 44 percent of the vote Smer became the first party in Slovakias postcommunist history to rule without the need of a coalition partner. | Positive | the first part of the series we look at option Smer wins the election and forms a coalition government | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22304206/post-election-scenarios-could-lsns-get-into-government.html | 2020-01-18 |
| The For a Decent Slovakia movement considers the detention a step towards purifying the prosecutors offices and restoring the trust in state institutions. | Neutral | News about detaining one of the former most powerful men in the country is a breakthrough moment for justice in Slovakia President Zuzana wrote on Facebook. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22303547/caputova-the-detention-is-a-breakthrough-moment.html | 2020-01-17 |
| Trnkas detention is good news for Slovakia but it raises serious questions Freedom and Solidarity commented. | Negative | News about detaining one of the former most powerful men in the country is a breakthrough moment for justice in Slovakia President Zuzana wrote on Facebook. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22303547/caputova-the-detention-is-a-breakthrough-moment.html | 2020-01-17 |
| Five companies in eastern Slovakia will receive support from the state worth millions of euros | Positive | Five companies in eastern Slovakia will receive support from the state worth millions of euros | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22304116/investment-support-for-firms-in-eastern-slovakia-approved.html | 2020-01-17 |
| Less than two months before the 2020 general election the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia has recorded the highest support of all Focus polls published to date. | Neutral | Less than two months before the 2020 general election the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia has recorded the highest support of all Focus polls published to date. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22304085/the-far-right-lsns-in-the-game-to-win-2020-elections.html | 2020-01-17 |
| The registration guarantees that Slovaks can stay in the UK area whether it is a permanent or temporary residence according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. | Neutral | Slovaks living in the UK should register their residence in the EU Settlement Scheme | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302738/slovaks-living-in-the-uk-should-register-their-residence.html | 2020-01-16 |
| The salary growth in Slovakia was rather significant last year | Positive | The salary growth in Slovakia was rather significant last year | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302703/average-salary-exceeded-1100-last-year.html | 2020-01-16 |
| The level of trust in the legal system police and armed forces in Slovakia is the lowest it has been since the country entered the EU. | Negative | The level of trust in the legal system police and armed forces in Slovakia is the lowest it has been since the country entered the EU. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22303221/slovakia-eurobarometer-autumn-2019-trust-police-justice.html | 2020-01-16 |
| Only half of the people working in Slovakia had a basic salary higher than gross according to the analysis | Negative | The salary growth in Slovakia was rather significant last year | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302703/average-salary-exceeded-1100-last-year.html | 2020-01-16 |
| Foreign press usually reports about Slovakia when something extraordinary happens either very good or very Professor Darina who coordinated this part of the project told The Slovak Spectator. | Positive | The Tatra Tiger and the Miracle on the Danube the foreign press called Slovakia some flattering names at the beginning of the century. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302937/how-does-the-foreign-press-portray-slovakia.html | 2020-01-16 |
| The best earning tenth of Slovaks has a salary above Profesia | Positive | The salary growth in Slovakia was rather significant last year | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302703/average-salary-exceeded-1100-last-year.html | 2020-01-16 |
| Slovaks living in the UK should register their residence in the EU Settlement Scheme | Negative | Slovaks living in the UK should register their residence in the EU Settlement Scheme | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22302738/slovaks-living-in-the-uk-should-register-their-residence.html | 2020-01-16 |
| Despite these positives ZAP is calling on the Slovak government to take measures to ensure the countrys automotive industry remains competitive. | Positive | More than 1 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22300946/slovakia-beats-record-in-car-production-again.html | 2020-01-14 |
| The representatives of the Union of Slovakias Road Hauliers and the association are now waiting for the invitation to the negotiations. | Positive | Hauliers left the roads and border crossings on January 13 ending the weeklong nationwide strike. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22300920/hauliers-continue-to-block-the-roads-and-borders.html | 2020-01-14 |
| The contract the United was thus fulfilled and Slovakia now has nine new multifunctional said Danka spokesperson for the Defence Ministry as quoted by the TASR newswire. | Neutral | The remaining three Black Hawk helicopters have finally arrived in Slovakia. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22300860/last-three-black-hawks-landed-in-slovakia.html | 2020-01-14 |
| Seven Slovak soldiers who had been deployed in Iraq until recently had served as advisors to Iraqi commanders. | Neutral | Seven Slovak soldiers who had been deployed in Iraq until recently had served as advisors to Iraqi commanders. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298392/slovak-soldiers-are-good-at-mine-clearing-and-repairing-soviet-technology.html | 2020-01-10 |
| The Slovak Spectator presents the timeline of the murder investigation. | Negative | The Slovak Spectator presents the timeline of the murder investigation. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298437/kuciak-murder-investigation-a-timeline.html | 2020-01-10 |
| The strike organised by the Union of Slovakias Road Hauliers has already impacted Bratislava the Orava region and the vicinity of | Negative | Hauliers continue to occupy the roads across Slovakia for the third day | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298955/hauliers-strike-continues-for-third-day.html | 2020-01-10 |
| Slovak Lines will start operating the buses between Bratislava and Budapest three times a day on January 10 the TASR newswire reported. | Neutral | Passengers travelling to Budapest Airport a hub for many flights travelling to distant destinations will be able to use a new regular bus line. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298421/regular-bus-will-connect-bratislava-with-budapest.html | 2020-01-10 |
| If a parliamentary election took place in early January the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia would receive greater support than the parties defining themselves as the democratic opposition. | Negative | If a parliamentary election took place in early January the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia would receive greater support than the parties defining themselves as the democratic opposition. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298952/poll-far-right-lsns-would-defeat-the-democratic-opposition.html | 2020-01-10 |
| Moreover the lack of labour force in western Slovakia has made eastern Slovakia more attractive for developers of logistics and industrial real estate. | Neutral | The Valesco Group a real estate investment manager from London and AIP Asset Management an asset manager based in Seoul paid million for the office tower. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22297888/growth-drives-investment-in-real-estate.html | 2020-01-10 |
| Also the Christian Democratic Movement and the Slovak National Party would make it in receiving 6 | Neutral | If a parliamentary election took place in early January the farright Kotlebovci Peoples Party Our Slovakia would receive greater support than the parties defining themselves as the democratic opposition. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298952/poll-far-right-lsns-would-defeat-the-democratic-opposition.html | 2020-01-10 |
| The Slovak government has blocked assets of the Penta financial group worth million. | Negative | The Slovak government has blocked assets of the Penta financial group worth million. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22298940/government-blocks-pentas-assets.html | 2020-01-10 |
| Another change concerns Slovaks living and working who do not have permanent residence in Slovakia anymore. | Negative | A new law which came into force in December 2019 enables the issuing of an ID for a child younger than 15. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22297531/parents-can-get-id-for-children-younger-than-15.html | 2020-01-09 |
| Slovakias honorary consulate in Erbil Iraq is not open the ministry added. | Negative | Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued two warnings regarding the escalating situation in the Middle East. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22297200/slovakia-warns-the-public-over-recent-events-in-iraq.html | 2020-01-08 |
| Slovak troops in Iraq participating in a NATO training mission were temporarily placed in another country the Governments Office informed on January 7. | Positive | Slovak troops in Iraq participating in a NATO training mission were temporarily placed in another country the Governments Office informed on January 7. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22296745/slovak-troops-withdrawn-from-iraq.html | 2020-01-08 |
| The Slovak government will take further steps based on consultations with allies. | Positive | Slovak troops in Iraq participating in a NATO training mission were temporarily placed in another country the Governments Office informed on January 7. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22296745/slovak-troops-withdrawn-from-iraq.html | 2020-01-08 |
| Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued two warnings regarding the escalating situation in the Middle East. | Negative | Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued two warnings regarding the escalating situation in the Middle East. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22297200/slovakia-warns-the-public-over-recent-events-in-iraq.html | 2020-01-08 |
| Ever more Slovaks invest in recreational properties | Positive | Having a place to go for a weekend or for holidays is priceless | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22296795/cottages-and-holiday-houses-in-slovakia-who-buys-them-and-how-much-do-they-cost.html | 2020-01-08 |
| Consular assistance to the citizens of the Slovak Republic is provided within the existing limited options by the Slovak Embassy in Beirut the ministry informed on its website. | Neutral | Slovakias Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued two warnings regarding the escalating situation in the Middle East. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22297200/slovakia-warns-the-public-over-recent-events-in-iraq.html | 2020-01-08 |
| Slovakia will not withdraw its seven soldiers from the Iraqi mission for now several members of the Security Council have decided. | Neutral | Slovakia will not withdraw its seven soldiers from the Iraqi mission for now several members of the Security Council have decided. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22296095/soldiers-will-stay-in-iraq-for-now-dispute-between-danko-and-pellegrini-continues.html | 2020-01-07 |
| People in Slovakia can look forward to 115 free days including weekends in 2020 | Positive | People in Slovakia can look forward to 115 free days including weekends in 2020 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22296131/more-prolonged-weekends-in-2020.html | 2020-01-07 |
| The info centre that provides free information and integration support for foreigners living and working in Slovakia will get million for operations in the next two years. | Positive | The info centre that provides free information and integration support for foreigners living and working in Slovakia will get million for operations in the next two years. | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22293000/migration-information-centre-operation.html | 2020-01-01 |
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